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Q: Copying (Drag & Drop) mutliple emails of Mail.app to Finder/Path Finder I sometimes copy (drag & drop) emails from Mail to Finder/Path Finder. But, when I try to copy multiple files outside Mail, I can't do that. I have to copy one by one.
Why is this? Is there any way to copy(drag & drop) multiple emails from Mail.app?
A: I know your emails from the default Apple Mail application in the following location: Macintosh HD/Users/(Your User Name)/Library/Mail/ - there will be some files in there, choose the folder that has the account with the emails you want. Then, click on the folder inside of the account's folder that contains your email's folder (inbox, sent, trash, etc.). Then, select the messages you want by using Shift-Click and drag them to the Finder. Hope this helps!
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Q: Why is my MacBook Pro quitting and/or failing to start up? This is an issue that started today.
Last night I shut down the machine. This morning I switched it on and got the initial sound but not the chime. The sleep indicator light would blink in groups of 3 blinks. I checked the battery. And also tried some tips on the Apple site for troubleshooting a MBP that won't turn on. Anyway, after looking at a couple of forums, I wound up removing and re-seating the memory. Ok, then it works for about 45 minutes, but then the screen went black and again the 3-blinks of the sleep light.
What should I try next in troubleshooting this machine?
I have had no problems in terms of performance or other issues til today. The MBP is from early 2008. There was an iTunes update yesterday and otherwise no new software or updates. Also no external devices plugged in.
However it did have the power supply connected. I did notice this morning that the power supply had come loose from the power strip -- possibly caused by a cat. This is the only thing that seemed to be a variance from usual.
Thanks.
Anyone? Links or tips on MBP diagnostics would be appreciated.
A: The blinking is a for of POST (Power On Self Test) and can certainly help diagnose the issue.
As most people are saying it is most likely a RAM issue.
The following documents can help diagnose POST messages and various issues related to your laptop during the boot process:
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*Intel-based Mac: Startup sequence and error codes, symbols
*Intel-based Mac Power On Self Test RAM error codes
*Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier)
A: This happened when one of my RAM slots died. There was nothing I could do but use the other one. Note: if your RAM limit is 2GB, you can put a 2GB stick in one. The total system memory, however, cannot exceed that.
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Q: Why do local network hostnames resolve only in certain cases? I have a linksys router which runs "tomato" Linux and serves as the local DNS server. It runs dnsmasq.
I recently upgraded from OS X 10.4 to 10.6. Since then, resolution of hostnames on my local network works in some cases but not others. Previously, this all worked as expected.
Here's an example:
tesla:~ cell$ ping watt
ping: cannot resolve watt: Unknown host
tesla:~ cell$ ping watt.local
ping: cannot resolve watt.local: Unknown host
tesla:~ cell$ ping -c1 192.168.42.1
PING 192.168.42.1 (192.168.42.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.659 ms
--- 192.168.42.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.659/0.659/0.659/0.000 ms
tesla:~ cell$ host watt.local
watt.local has address 192.168.42.1
tesla:~ cell$ host watt
watt.local has address 192.168.42.1
My guess is that the host command is querying the DNS server directly, whereas ping and any GUI apps (ie. Safari) are using some sort of Mac DNS resolution routines, which are not working properly.
Please let me know if there's any other info I should provide.
Edit: included pinging ip directly in above example
Edit 2: My domain is using .local
A: If you're serving .local via unicast DNS (instead of multicast DNS, as specified in this draft internet standard), include an SOA record for .local; as of v10.6, OS X detects this and switches .local resolution to unicast DNS. Earlier versions of OS X have other methods of forcing unicast resolution - see Apple's KB article #HT3473 for details.
A: solution: don't use '.local' as your domain name. lame.
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Q: What is the chance that jailbreaking my iPhone will brick the phone? How does it actually work? Does it change just the firmware on the main filesystem? Does it touch the bootloader?
I'm trying to figure out what's probability of
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*iPhone jailbreak bricking the phone
*Apple's update bricking the jailbroken iPhone (In the line with those questions, does Apple's update simply overwrites the flash partition with the new one and then applies the backed up data?)
Edit: should probably mention it's a 3GS with 4.1 firmware.
A: Jailbreaking utilizes an exploit in the OS (or in the latest cast, the boot ROM), and injects the payload onto the phone, which is usually a loader to install Cydia, or Cydia itself. Cydia is the source for applications not in the App Store, and once this is loaded, other software can be installed which could modify system files. One such case is Winterboard, which allows you to customize aspects of the UI.
With regards to question 1:
It depends on what happens during the jailbreak. If, for example, you're running the exploit to jailbreak the phone and the battery dies (or the software malfunctions), there's a chance you'll brick it. It's hard to pin a percentage on it.
With regards to question 2:
Since Apple is expecting their software to be running on the phone, it may do some things that could brick the phone. Again, it definitely varies on what has been changed, how the jailbreak was performed, etc. Personally if Apple comes out with an iOS update, I'm not going to just allow it to run. If I want it, first thing I'd do is restore the original firmware via iTunes.
A: Jailbreak means replacing the content of the boot.
So, everything is changed. It's like a new harddrive with a new boot image on it, changing everything in that hard drive since how it start's, to host the actual Operating System that in Jailbreak devices is an altered OS so all methods, functions and properties are available without any restrictions.
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Q: iPad and iPod virus? Every now and then my iPad or iPod touch will redirect my to a particular site in Safari. Could this be malware of sorts that has crept on to my iMac and then my iOS devices? I don't think it's a popup because it happens at random.
For the record, the site is www.wordslife.com/index.php
EDIT:
This does not happen on iMac, come to think of it. I'm using an open access point in a residential area (I usually use one or two) and my devices are not jailbroken.
A: Okay, I think I've tracked this one down. It isn't a problem with your iPod or iPad, it's a problem with the router itself. Its DNS has been overwritten so that it randomly (about 5% of the time) will redirect you to one of their sites.
Because you're using someone else's open access point, there really isn't anything that you can do about it except to stop using that particular router.
For more info, see these pages:
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*Strange Redirects
*Malwarebytes Forum
*Random Browser Redirects, TDSS?
*or the results of this Google search
A: If it only happens on a particular 'open access point' then the people providing the access point are doing the redirect.
By the looks of the site they are settting a cookie that they can use for ads and or tracking.
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Q: Does Mail support multiple email accounts? Does Mail support multiple email accounts? If yes, how can I set them up?
A: Yes, it does. From within Mail, open up preferences, select the Accounts tab, and click on the small "+" button in the lower left-hand corner of the window. This will run the "Add Account" wizard to guide you through the rest of the steps.
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Q: Dvorak on iPad? Is there any way to enable Dvorak on iPad for apps like Pages or Notes?
A: Kind of a yes, no - the software keyboard can only ever be QWERTY, AZERTY, or QWERTZ. However a hardware keyboard hooked up via Bluetooth, or dock connector (or USB with the camera connector) can be set to use DVORAK:
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*Open up Settings App
*Go to General
*Select International Keyboards
*Select your English Keyboard
*Under the Choose a Hardware Keyboard Layout you can select DVORAK.
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Q: Why does "Copy" replace stuff instead of merging it? This is started to be really annoying to me
If you have an original folder with 2 files and you copy something into it's parent folder where the folder name is the same, and, let's imagine you are copying 3 files and at the end you want to end up with 5 files, let's make an example, like:
Original:
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileA
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileB
Stuff you want to copy:
locale/fileC
locale/fileD
locale/fileE
When you copy it into ~/User/abc/Documents/ you get this:
There is no option to COPY / MERGE ! if you press REPLACE you will end up with:
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileC
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileD
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileE
instead of
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileA
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileB
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileC
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileD
~/User/abc/Documents/locale/fileE
What is going on here? How can I simple merge the stuff I want with the existing one. Like Transmit asks
A: I believe it's because of Mac OS X way of handling certain packages.
For instance, an application. To the user, it's just an .app file, you double click it and it opens the app.
But really, it's a folder with .app extension, with a hierarchy like this:
You can see that for yourselves by righ-clicking the app and choosing "Show Package Content".
The only reason I see for Apple not to allow merge on folder is that they didn't want to confuse the user. Like asking to merge when all you want is updating an application.
And since it's a standard way to represent packages on a Mac OS X system, they didn't bother trying to differentiate between packages and simple folders.
A: Most probably too late for all your replaced files, but copy the folder (Option ⌥ + C) and then paste the items (Option ⌥ + V), it will then ask to merge
A: Whip out your trusty terminal and and do:
prompt>cp -R locale ~/User/abc/Documents/
A: We (the OS X users) have been asking ourselves that question since the age of dawn.
Very well phrased question to a sad response: OS X doesn’t do that and can’t do it without 3rd party tools.
Of the 3rd party alternatives there are a lot, I’ll just go ahead and recommend what I think it’s the best alternative to Finder, but… your mileage may vary.
Path Finder by CocoaTech is not a free alternative (far from it) but it definitively addresses most of Finder shortcomings and adds a lot of nice things for the same price.
If you feel more adventurous, you can go ahead and see different alternatives and their prices right here.
Update: Back in September 2010 TotalFinder didn't exist, but it's a very nice add-on that brings Tabs, Cut, Folder Reorder, etc. to the Finder. Not free, but way smaller than Path Finder if that's what you're looking for.
Let’s hope that 10.7 brings a new paradigm where questions like these are not relevant anymore :)
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Q: Tool for lossless rotation of images As you might know, Preview has a lossy rotation feature.
Could you please recommend a tool that allows images rotation in a lossless way?
A: The only true lossless rotation for images would be a file format that allows you to save the image in its original format, and then specify what angle it will be rotated to when displayed on screen.
One program which can do this is InkScape. It will allow you to import (and embed) an image, and then rotate it. You can then rotate the image to any angle, as many times as you like without causing any loss of quality.
A: I’m not sure what you mean by “loussy rotation feature” but you can always try other more advanced graphic suites like:
Acorn (Has a free more limited version that could be enough)
Pixelmator
The Father of All… Photoshop
For what is worth, I don’t think Preview has a loussy rotation feature. If you rotate an image and then rotate it back, the result is the same as before any rotation; loussy would be if pixels were lost in the rotation to a point where going back to the exact same image could not be possible.
A: I use wine (and XQuartz) and IrfanView.
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Q: Why would the iPhone constantly remind for google calendar entries? My wife finds that her iPhone constantly reminds her of google calendar events (accessed via the exchange trick). None of the google events have reminders enabled. The phone preferences don't ask for reminders. Yet reminders she gets.
A: By default Google calendar is configured to send notifications for events. Go to http://calendar.google.com/. Select the Calendar Details -> Notifications. There is an option 'By default, remind me via...'. Click on the remove link to get rid of the default notification.
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Q: Alternative way to move windows around screen In X (Xfree86 on Linux or UNIX) I could move a window around the screen by holding down a modifier key (the CTRL key if memory serves me correctly) and move a window around the screen by dragging it from anywhere in the window (not limited to the title bar.) Is there a similar functionality available in OS X?
A: MercuryMover
Although it's a paid-for utility (which comes with it's own PrefPane etc), this is a great tool for chucking around your windows. You can also set it up to force windows to certain sizes on a shortcut, which is handy if you want to check out your web pages in a browser at 800x600, etc.
By default, you jut press CtrlCommandup-arrow and you get a little black pop-up window that helps you to move/resize the window that had focus when you pressed the shortcut. (the screen grab includes the PrefPane too).
A: No, there isn't. The only thing that's possible is to drag a window that doesn't have focus using the Command key. In this way you can move windows in the background without changing focus.
A: Have you looked at BetterTouchTool?
It boasts lots of other features, most notably complex trackpad gestures that can be used to call all sorts of built-in functionality, but does provide the ability to press and hold Ctrl to move a window with the mouse, without even holding left-click down.
The site says its only for Snow Leopard, but a Lion version is in the works (alpha is available, I think as of 0.73). Your particular feature, if that's all you enable, works fine in Lion.
A: It's not exactly what you are looking for but in Lion you can now hold your mouse over the edge of a window and your cursor will turn into either a vertical or horizontal resize cursor (a new feature so you don't always have to use the bottom corner to resize). However, if you click and drag your mouse in the opposite direction of the resize cursor, the entire window will move with no need to use the top title bar.
A: Also Check these answers for other interesting OS X WM alternatives.
A: I got annoyed that the only options for this aren't free and come bundled with a bunch of other features that are useless to me, so I wrote my own.
metamove
A utility for emulating XFree86-style Meta+click and drag window movement. The default bindings are Cmd-Shift-Click for window movement, and Option-Shift-Click for window resizing.
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Q: Set up a password policy that has a maximum failed login attempts and a reset after a certain period of time I tried using pwpolicy to set this up. I was able to set up maxFailedLoginAttempts, but setting minutesUntilFailedLoginReset doesn't seem to do anything. When I query pwpolicy using:
pwpolicy -n /Local/Default -getglobalpolicy
I keep seeing that minutesUntilFailedLoginReset=0 even though I just set it to 60. I even tried changing this for one user, and it claims it was changed but when I query the user's policy or the effective policy nothing has changed.
A: I’m assuming that you’re aware that pwpolicy doesn’t affect Admin accounts (tho it may show you otherwise, leading to believe that it does).
I also asume that you’re running the commands as sudo or at least have tried.
Other than that, I haven’t tried that value myself. As a side (and curious) note the minutesUntilFailedLoginReset is not in the manpage for pwpolicy.
man pwpolicy
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Q: Growl Notifications for Stack Exchange websites? I'm looking for a way to get Growl notifications for new questions on the Stack Exchange websites, matching some pre-defined tags.
I've tried SENotify, but it didn't work for me. Any alternative?
A: I get Stack Exchange Growl notifications using Adium + Stackguru.
A: RSS Growler + feeds?
A: Have a look to Newt on StackApps, I'm currently using it and it's a pretty neat and solid app.
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Q: Mac startup key sequences What are the Mac hardwares various startup key sequences?
On the older Macs, Shift used to be start without extensions, Ctrl-Apple-O-F would boot to OpenFirmware, (but didn't the Intel Macs switch to EFI BIOS's?)
If the shortcut is hardware specific, please note it.
A: Google is your friend: http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/Tech_Notes/Mac_Keys.shtml
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*Bypass startup drive and boot from external (or CD): commandoptionshiftdelete
*Boot from CD (Most late model Apples): C
*Force the internal hard drive to be the boot drive: D
*Boot from a specific SCSI ID #. (# is SCSI ID number): commandoptionshiftdelete#
*Zap PRAM: commandoptionPR
*Boot into open Firmware: commandoptionOF
*Clear NV RAM. Similar to reset-all in open Firmware: commandoptionNV
*Disable Extensions: shift
*Rebuild Desktop: commandoption
*Close finder windows (hold just before finder starts): option
*Boot with Virtual Memory off: command
*Trigger extension manager at boot-up: SPACE
*Force Quadra av machines to use TV as a monitor: commandoptionTV
*Boot from ROM (Mac Classic only): commandoptionXO
*Force PowerBooks to reset the screen: R
*Force an AV monitor to be recognized as one: commandoptionAV
*Eject Boot Floppy: Hold Down Mouse Button
*Select volume to start from: option
*Start in Firewire target drive mode: T
*Startup in OSX if OS9 and OXS in boot partition: X or commandX
*Attempt to boot from network server: N (Hold until Mac Logo appears)
*Hold down until the 2nd chime, will boot into 9?: commandoption
*OSX: Watch the status of the system load: commandV
*OSX: Enter single-user mode (shell-level mode): commandS
A: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1533
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Q: How do I sync apps that I have bought on the iPhone? I have bought a number of apps on my iPhone. When I try to set up syncing with iTunes it says that this will remove all of the apps.
How do I make iTunes not want to replace all of the apps and instead just make a backup of the existing ones?
A: I had this same issue after I recreated my iTunes library. This may be totally off because it was about a month ago, but I think I did this:
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*canceled the sync
*clicked on the iPod under devices or whatever (maybe I secondary clicked)
*I think after I clicked (or secondary clicked) on it, there was an option to copy purchased items
Sorry this is so vague, it's been awhile :)
on edit:
I just tested this out by alt clicking iTunes, creating a new library, and connecting my iPod. It's pretty much exactly how I described.
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*cancel the sync
*secondary click the iPod on the left
*click "transfer purchases"
Afterwards, you can sync, and everything will be erased and rewritten to the iPod.
I'm not sure why Apple makes this so confusing. The only reason I can come up with is that they want people to have to repurchase stuff but that seems a little over the top even from Apple.
A: When you plug your iPhone into your computer and sync it with iTunes, it will first copy purchased apps to iTunes (it shows this on the status window), then complete the sync.
I purchase apps on my iPhone/iPad all the time and don't worry about it, just plug in and sync.
A: I asked the same question on SuperUser a while ago, and nobody could give me a solid answer.
What I ended up having to do is just download all the apps that I wanted in iTunes then sync my iPhone. I cannot remember if iTunes actually removed the apps that I did not already have in iTunes, but in the end it worked.
PS. I hope you don't have too many apps :)
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Q: Does Chase's QuickDeposit feature work on the iPod Touch 4G? Now that the new iPod Touch has a camera, I'm thinking of buying it.
However, since Apple crippled its resolution (960 x 720), I'm not so sure.
Does Chase Mobile's QuickDeposit feature work with the lower camera resolution?
A: looks like they just updated to version 2.8.1202, release notes say "Quick Deposit for iPod touch - Now you can use your camera-enabled iPod touch to make a deposit."
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Q: iPad 3G, is it only 3G Can the iPad 3G only use 3G and Wifi, or can it use Edge or 2G (the little blue dot on iphone)?
A: The iPad uses the same mobile chip set as the iPhone and cam (depending on your data provider) use Edge (denoted by an E) or GPRS (seen as a circle).
O2 in the UK definitely does.
A: "3G + WiFi" is just a commercial tag line.
the 3G part stands for internet access throughout a mobile connection, usually using a SIM Card.
The full range of connections on a "3G" model can be found in the Technical Specifications of the product, in this case:
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Q: MacBook Pro Memory This relates to my previous question regarding my MacBook Pro. Why is my MacBook Pro quitting and/or failing to start up?
I need to replace one of my 2G DIMMs and in shopping around at Crucial and OWC I notice that they also carry matched sets.
So, is there any reason that I should spend the extra $ and replace both DIMMs as opposed to just the bad one?
A: From my experience with PC's (not mac's), it's not absolutely necessary that you match your RAM. However, it's also a bit of a crapshoot because different RAM modules have different timings and voltage requirements, so:
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*if you use modules with different timings, you'll have to run both modules at the lowest speed or risk instability in the module with the lower speed timings.
*if the modules have different power requirements, you run into the same issue as above. If you run at the lower of the voltages, the higher voltage module may be unstable. If you run at the higher voltage, the lower voltage module may be unstable or even fail.
Hopefully someone else can comment on how this applies in an Apple computer since there is no way that I know of to modify voltage and RAM timings. Note however, that even in a PC, two completely different RAM modules usually work without incident if you match voltages and use the lower of the two modules timings. Even different voltages will usually work.
I would look for a module that carries the same specifications as your original RAM, at least as far as timing (latency) and voltage are concerned. If you can find one then I wouldn't be very concerned about using it with your existing RAM stick. The chances of it being incompatible or causing instability would be very low in my opinion.
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Q: Using JiTouch with synergy Is it possible to make Jitouch work with Synergy? Jitouch allows me to make gestures correspond to actions in different applications, but it doesn't allow me to select Unix programs (like the Synergy server) as a target.
A: The reason for this is that the Synergy server doesn't have an OS X frontend. I have the same issue with my Logitech mouse configuration -- I want to have a different scroll speed for Synergy because when I have acceleration enabled, the remote computer doesn't scroll properly. So I'd like to disable acceleration only when using synergy.
The solution would be to package synergys as an OS X app which, when you move your mouse to the remote computer, brings itself to the front (so that the menu bar contains only the Apple menu and a "Synergy" menu). I have planned for a long time to create such a wrapper which would accomplish this but just haven't had the time.
I didn't realize others would be interested in the same idea... If I ever complete that project I'll be sure to let you know! Or, maybe we should file a feature request with the synergy project? :-)
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Q: Custom iPad theme not showing up correctly I created a theme for iPad and am having a couple problems with it. In my theme are two custom icons, a wallpaper, and two png files for dock (one for landscape and one for portrait). The file structure for the theme is as follows:
CustomTheme.theme
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*Bundles
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*com.apple.springboard
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*SBDockBGT-Landscape.png
*SBDockBGT-Portrait.png
*Icons
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*Coverflow.png
*MediaVideo.png
*Info.plist
*Wallpaper.png
1.) The two icons were created as the same size in Photoshop, but when I SSH the theme to the iPad, one is displayed bigger than the other.
2.) The other problem is my theme wallpaper is zoomed incorrectly and does not change orientation. It displays correctly when I use the Set As Wallpaper option from iOS though. I just want to know how do do it in a theme...
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Thomas
A: Switching off SummerBoard Mode fixed the icon issue.
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Q: Can I get HDR on the 4th gen iPod Touch by upgrading to iOS 4.1? I got to see the whole keynote at September 1st and assumed that iOS 4.1 would bring HDR to iPod Touch (4th gen) and the iPhone (3Gs and 4).
Today I got my iPod Touch and I don't get it, where's the HDR button? I get that there is no flash (was announced), but HDR Button should be there, right?
Did I wrongly assume that iPod Touch would have HDR?
A: HDR photo is only available on iPhone 4 with iOS 4.1. Also, the rear camera is less then 1MP where iPhone 3 is 5MP.
iPod Touch's Software Update page does not list HDR photo.
A: Do yourself a favor and buy Pro HDR. This works just great on my iPhone 3GS, even though it is slower than the Apple HDR feature.
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Q: How can I gift an iPad app from iPhone OR via Web? I would like to gift an iPad app to my friend. I don't have iTunes installed on my work laptop and right now I don't have my iPad with me.
All I am trying is checking it on App Store on my iPhone, but the search is not listing the iPad version, instead it's only showing iPhone version of the same app.
I also tried via browser, but no luck.
Do I have to wait until I go home and do it from either iTunes on my Mac or iPad?
Looking for some solution!
A: At the moment, you have to use iTunes to gift an application for iPad.
If the application is universal, then you can gift the app with your iPhone.
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Q: Is anyone else having signal strength problems on an iPhone 3GS since the iOS 4.1 upgrade? Since upgrading my iPhone 3GS to iOS 4.1, I've periodically seen 1 bar or "Searching..." at home and work where I used to have 4 or 5 bars. And I've sent text messages with 4 bars, only to have it immediately drop to 1 and the text message error out.
I'm trying to learn if I'm alone with this issue (and should therefore bring my phone to my local Apple Store—after trying a restore just so I can say I did when they inevitably suggest that), or if this is a common problem (and we should then file bugs at bugreport.apple.com).
Update (to answer Louis Gerbarg's question): I've installed every new update, so I believe I upgraded from 4.0.2 to 4.1. I think I noticed Apple's bar display calibration changes after the 4.0.1 upgrade, though the difference was subtle. I did not have dropped call problems and errors sending text messages until the 4.1 upgrade.
Update #2: I restored my iPhone to factory defaults (but still with 4.1 installed), and still had the problems. So I took it to my local Apple Genius Bar and explained this, and they exchanged the phone for a new one. The new iPhone 3GS had 4.0.2. But I still don't have the problems after installing 4.1. This must have been a hardware issue.
A: Did you move from 4.0 to 4.1, or from 4.0.1/2 to 4.1? Between 4.0 and 4.0.1 Apple changed the calibration of the bar display, such that at a given signal strength it shows a fewer bars. They did that in response to the iPhone 4 antenna publicity, but the changes were done for all devices that support 4.x.
So, if you went straight from 4.0 to 4.1 getting fewer bars is expected, though if you are dropping calls where you previously didn't that is a real issue, or if you updated from 4.0.2.
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Q: How can I open password protected Word documents on my iPad for free? I would like to open a password protected Word document on my iPad. I've found paid solutions but nothing for free. Am I missing an option?
A: Try GoodReader which is very inexpensive ($0.99) and most useful app on iPad. I use it all the time both on iPhone and iPad.
A: The free GMail app can open password protected .docx attachments.
A: This video saved me...100% working method to unlock a word document
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxhEFJPAv9w
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Q: How can I use my existing Time Machine drive on the network? I have an external HD that I've been using as a time machine for my MBP. Here's what I want to do:
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*attach the drive to my desktop machine
*configure time machine on my MBP to use the drive as a time machine through the network
*retain my existing backups...
So I want time machine to continue using the same backups it always did when the drive was connected locally. I do not want to start from scratch.
I know how to set time machine to use a network drive rather than a locally attached drive, but it doesn't recognize the existing backups (it wants to start over). I'm not afraid of the terminal... how can I get this working?
on edit:
I got a large drive to use during the conversion, but the link below didn't help because there was no hex id to be found on my machine in the second step :/
A: You'll need to convert your current local-style Time Machine into a sparsebundle before it will be usable in TM over the network. You'll need some temporary storage somewhere to create your converted backup into during this conversion.
I don't know the exact conversion procedure but here are some Google'd links:
http://www.tidbits.com/Talk/1960
http://jason-townsend.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-transfer-local-time-machine.html
Something along the lines of hdiutil convert -format UDSB
A: If you have Mountain Lion, you can create a sparse bundle disk image, enable owners on that image, and copy over the "Backups.backupdb" folder from your Time Machine drive into the sparsebundle image using Finder
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Q: Remove all duplicates on iTunes library I want to remove all duplicates from my library, to consider a duplicate the song must have the same encoding, bits, duration.
A: "Show duplicates" been removed from iTunes 11. As we are left with having to use 3rd party apps to remove duplicates now, Tune Sweeper is the one I use.
A: If you enable iTunes Match, duplicates will now be marked with an icon:
Note however that such files do not need to have the "same encoding" to be recognized as duplicates. Also note that (inconveniently) the file marked by Match as a duplicate (and thus "skipped") may not have the "best" encoding of the duplicated files. For example, you might see this:
In this case, in order to end up with a single song, managed by Match, with the high bit-rate song on your machine, you will need to delete both songs, leaving just the one managed by Match (the first one above)
and then download the "Purchased" song from iCloud
A: Here are two more options:
Free - DupeGuru
Shareware - iDupe
I haven't tried DupeGuru yet, but iDupe worked quite well for me, though I had to batch up my checkin. First I'd select iTune's buggy "display dupes" and then I'd use that selection to run iDupe on. This sped things up quite a bit. I'm interested to see whether DupeGuru improves things by checking audio finger prints.
A: You can use the default iTunes engine to find duplicates :
File > Display Duplicates
Or, use a third-party software like TuneUp or TidySongs.
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Q: Is it possible Select and Autocopy in Mac I would like autocopy for every text that I select to avoid to do several CMD+C.
Is there any way or application to do this?
A: I don’t know of any software that does that at a system level and apparently, neither do these guys at SuperUser. ;)
The reason why there’s no extension that does this for Safari yet is because the API for Extensions on Safari doesn’t support Clipboard mechanism at this time.
A: You can get this for Terminal by using iTerm instead
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Q: Is there are place to report missing/incorrect album art to the iTunes team? I know there are various ways to get/replace album art in iTunes and other questions about that. Some of them don't provide as good quality art as from iTunes (Store). Some of them also inflate file sizes by putting the image in each album. However, one thing I've noticed is that sometimes art gets updated in the store to better reflect the CD I ripped, or missing art becomes available. For example, Bob Dylan albums used to always get the ugly "Bob Dylan Collection" cover (same for each) whereas now they get the real original covers.
Is there somewhere to report mistakes and omissions to the team responsible? It seems that overall quality could easily be improved if Apple accepted "bugs" on this. The mistakes often seems quite strange - for example, the album is in the store with the correct artwork and yet you get the wrong art downloaded or none at all. I recently got correct art for an unusual independent artist who I thought had self-published his album, followed by nothing for Phil Selway's much more famous new album. This album is available (correct art) in the store!
A: you can always use Apple Feedback page to submit any kind of request.
if you have this problem in our own iTunes Library, it is easy to assign a new cover to the song or album by just dragging the cover to it or using the GetInfo option, you know how to do this right?
if you install Last.fm app you can simple play a song and then drag the last.fm cover into the artwork of the iTunes song.
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Q: Change the default IMAP Inbox folder on Mail.app Ever since I started using Priority Inbox in Gmail I don't really care about my main INBOX folder on Mail.app. Is it possible to change the default INBOX folder to [Gmail]/Important?
A: This is a very old tip but I can confirm it works. There is also some useful information in the comments section with regards to this.
Forcing the default mailbox in Mail
Apart from this hack there is no other way to do this. I am assuming the global inbox functionality is the reason not allowing you to change it.
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Q: Is there an iPod app to easily switch wifi on and off? Is there an app whose only purpose would be to change the wifi prefs, by starting or stopping the wifi on iPod Touch? I would like to have an icon on the home page, and a simple click on it will switch the state of the wifi.
A: Through the App Store? No. Apple's guidelines don't allow apps to turn on or off Wifi.
Jailbroken? Yes. There are program such as SBSettings that will do just what you want to do.
A: As an alternative, if you're running iOS 4+ you can go to the Settings icon and then there's the 'Flight mode' option at the top which does just that. Not as a simple as you were hoping for, but it is just a click and a swipe.
I have a Linksys WAG160N which my iPod disagrees with so I frequently have to reset my wifi this way, and it's much quicker than the old iOS 3 workflow.
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Q: Merge two accounts on iTunes? I just noticed that I have 2 different accounts on my computers. Is it possible to ask Apple to merge them and been able to share the music I bought on each account ?
A: Two days ago I received an email from apple support. The author told me
Leider muss ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass es nicht möglich ist, iTunes Accounts miteinander zu verbinden.
which means
Unfortunately I have to tell you that it is not possible to merge iTunes accounts.
A: There is no provision to re-sign the files that have been downloaded so by policy and by design, purchased items remain under the Apple ID used to purchase the item.
This means you can't divide up purchases after the fact (but you can agree to share the password and share the 5 authorized computers) even if you split up with a partner who shared an account with you.
You also can't "combine" past purchases - that account and password need to stay around and you can register a new "email" for communications of password resets but that original apple ID remains even long after you've left AOL or whatever name you originally used to purchase items.
A: Things have changed a bit since the accepted answer to this was written…
iCloud accounts cannot be merged, even now in 2019.
What you could do is set up Family Sharing & invite your old account to the "family", that way you can have legitimate access to purchases made on both accounts.
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Q: iTunes Utility - Merging Libraries I would like to merge three separate iTunes libraries. Here is more information:
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*Currently have 3 separate iTunes libraries on 2 laptops and and dekstop.
*Want to merge all three onto the desktop (i.e. it has all content), while maintaining the other two laptop based libraries as-is.
*I want to avoid getting a slew of duplicates within the merged library.
*I am not concerned about maintaining the library (i.e. playlists, etc.) on desktop.
*I am not concerned with maintaining perfect sync, so could repeat the necessary procedure periodically to remerge libraries.
I am ok with using the command line, Python or applescript if that's the way to go.
A: You can sync libraries one-way with rsync:
rsync -av --force --delete --size-only ~/Music/iTunes /Volumes/johndoe/Music
A detailed writeup is here: Keeping 2 iTunes Libraries in Sync
I actually use this technique myself.
Creates a "carbon copy" of a library on another machine which you can then sync to reflect changes.
Works best with two Macs, never tried it with a PC.
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Q: iPhone sometimes goes to sleep running Pandora, sometimes doesn't I use my iPhone4 to listen to Pandora radio at work. I have it plugged in to a standard charge/sync cable, and a headphone jack to my speakers.
Sometimes the screen stays on indefinitely, showing me the current album in the Pandora app. Sometimes, it goes to sleep, and I have to manually unlock it to see the current album. Seems about 50/50, and I have no idea why it sometimes stays on and sometimes doesn't.
How can I get it to stay on, and not go to sleep (I do want it to go to sleep normally when I'm not using it for music, however)
Not sure if this is specific to Pandora, or if I'd see the same issue with the iPod app.
A: I figured out a reliable way to make sure the phone doesn't go to sleep while running Pandora:
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*Launch Pandora
*Insert headphone jack
*Connect dock/power cable
If I dock the power cable before launching Pandora, then the screen will go to sleep.
Still not sure why it does this, or if it is specific to the Pandora app, but hopefully this will help someone else out :)
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Q: Way to back-up phone numbers on iPhone? What is a good service to back up my contacts on my iPhone?
A: I use Google services and probably you as well, I love the translate, the email, documents, reader (RSS), etc ...
So, why not using Google Contacts as your "middle men" and sync them with your Apple Mobile device?
A: iTunes can create backups of your iOS device when you:
* Sync with iTunes (disabled if you have iCloud backup turned on)
* Right-click (or Control-click) the iOS device in iTunes under Devices and choose Back Up
Use these steps to manually back up your iOS device using iTunes:
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*Connect your iOS device to a computer with the latest version of iTunes installed
*Select your iOS device in iTunes under Devices
*Right-click (or Control-click) the device and select Back Up
Resource:
How to back up and restore from a backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
A: By syncing your contacts with your computer (you also get a backup of the data on your phone each time you sync sans music, photos and the actual applications themselves - just the data). iTunes will talk to Address Book on Mac OS X and Outlook on Windows for desktop applications, otherwise you can use MobileMe, Yahoo or even Gmail as well to sync your contacts.
You can also export your contacts as vCards from your phone or address book of choice and save those somewhere.
A: If you've got a GMail account you can use the google exchange support to sync your contacts (and calendars). This uses push updates so you don't need to connect to iTunes to back up your contacts. Full details here
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Q: Mac OS X locks up when I plugin in headphones on MacBook Pro Every time I plug in (or off) my headphones (even white iPhone ones), Mac OS X locks up for about 10 seconds, and then works as normal, and even displays the beach ball. Not everything locks up, as I can still switch screens, etc, but I think the Finder does.
Initially I thought this was related to Flash, as the Flash Player would stop working, but this happens even when the browser is closed.
I don't have any audio related apps installed.
Does anybody have any ideas of what could causing this, or tips on how to track down the problem?
A: Could you try creating a new user and see if it happens there? Create a new user. Restart your computer and log with the new user. Make sure you don’t have anything in the “Login Items” (nothing starts at login).
Also try starting your Mac in “Safe Mode” as described here and see how it goes.
This could be related to a Kernel Extension (ktext) problem.
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Q: How can I assign more than 2 phone numbers to a contact on my iPhone? A large proportion of contacts I have gained over the years have more than two current numbers.
Examples include: home, work, mobile; home, NZ work no., US work no., Spanish work no; etc
I have only worked out how to add two numbers to particular contact; after that, when you click add there is no other options.
This is crazy, this is 2010, I must be doing something wrong, can you help me out?
A: I can add as many phone numbers as I want on the iPhone. When you're in edit mode in the contact, there's always a blank line under current phone numbers where you can start typing a new one.
If you click on the label of the number, you can select a label (work, home) and even a custom label if you scroll to the bottom of the label selection list.
A: When you enter a phone number for the contact, immediately below that number should appear a new place to enter another phone number. You can change the type of phone like work, home, iPhone, blackberry, etc.
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Q: How do you change file associations on an iPad? I would like to change .pdf files to use a different application when clicking on links in a browser.
How can I do this?
A: You can and you can't at the same time. Safari will load the PDF automatically and display it but it will offer a "Open In" button where you can send the PDF to another application if it is configured by the developer to accept PDFs (eg. iBooks, GoodReader, etc.) At present there is no way to direct it directly to another application unless that application will take a URL you could copy and paste.
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Q: How can I make Safari cmd+number shortcut switch tabs instead of opening the bookmark associated with that number? I'm used to switching tabs with cmd+x where x is a number and takes me to tab x in firefox and pretty much every other browser I've ever used.
I like safari's speed and would like to try it a bit, but the cmd+x shortcut is burned in my brain and every time I use safari I end up screwing up.
I'd like to know if its possible to change this behavior, because this simple thing is a stopper for me.
A: In most native OS X applications, the key presses Cmd-Shift-[ and Cmd-Shift-] will cycle left and right through tabs, respectively. Safari understands these.
If you use something like BetterTouchTool, then you can assign gestures (such as a three-finger swipe left or right) to these key presses, and get tab cycling across most of OS X.
A: *
*To go to the previous tab, press ⌘ Command ⇧ Shift ← Left
*To go to the next tab, press ⌘ Command ⇧ Shift → Right
Traveller’s note : These keyboards equivalents may be reversed in a right-to-left environment.
A: To go to the next tab ⎇ Control+Tab or
⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+] or ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+→ Right
To go to the previous tab ⎇ Control+⇧ Shift+Tab or ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+[ or ⇧ Shift+⌘ Command+← Left
A: In case you are coming from Chrome and want to use
cmd+[0-9] for switching tabs (instead of cycling through your preset top sites) take a look at:
github.com/rs/SafariTabSwitching
Safari Tab Switching is a Safari SIMBL plugin which allow switching between tabs using Cmd+1-9.
Update:
Safari Version 9.0.2 (El Capitan) has native support for this:
A: Safari 9.0, released today for 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite, along side with the 10.11 El Capitan release, has introduced this natively.
There are two options. If checked, ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 will switch to tab 1 through 9, respectfully. This will change the original behavior of mapping to the favorites bar bookmark 1 through 9. Those will be changed to Command-Option-1 through Command-Option-9.
If unchecked, while it does not say it, the behavior is reversed. Command-Number will still be the favorites bar bookmark, while Command-Option-Number will be the tab. This flipping of behavior matches the Command-Click and Command-Option click behavior for opening a link.
It's undocumented.
A: Easy!
Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab
A: What about setting bookmarks 0-9 to be bookmarklets that change window tabs?
A: Check SafariTabSwitching.
A: In El Capitan, OSX 10.11, this has been included as a new feature of Safari Version 9.0 (11601.1.50).
Go to Preferences > Tabs > Use ⌘-1 through ⌘-9 to switch tabs
A: I personally like the keyboard shortcut used in Chrome and Opera: Option+Cmd+(left/right arrow keys). This can be assigned in System Preferences-->Keyboard-->Shortcuts-->App Shortcuts. Press the plus button and add a pair for Safari with the command names "Show [Previous/Next] Tab" and then type the key sequences you want to use. Pretty handy. Good luck!
A: control-tab
the simplest way
A: Yes ctrl + (0-9) by using this shortcut you can navigate across multiple tabs in windows
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Q: Am I missing something by using outdated data cable and wall charger? My wife has iPhone 3G and I recently bought iPhone 4 for myself. Since we can easily manage charging for both of our phones from just one wall charger, I actually never unpackaged mine and data cable is still packed as well.
But few days ago I noticed that my phone refusing to sync with even older data cable (from 3rd gen iPod nano) although iPhone 3G does sync with it.
So that got me thinking, do I missing something by not using updated accessories? Faster charging time or data sync maybe? Any thoughts?
A: I have a total of 5 charging cables (and my partner has another 4) ranging from the 3G days until now. I still use my original 3G cable (the one where you had to press buttons on the side to release it) to plug my iPhone 4 into my iMac, and nothing has gone wrong so far :)
A: I'm using the same cables across all my Apple devices (I have so many around, and can't really tell them apart any more). One bit of caution regarding the wall plug, though: there was one model that shipped with either the original iPhone or the 3G which was recalled because it was prone to overheating.
If you haven't run into a problem with yours by now, it's probably not an issue. Just wanted to offer the heads-up.
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Q: What is the procedure for replacing the battery on an iPhone? What is the procedure for replacing the battery on an iPhone?
A: iFixit has excellent text and video guides for replacing the battery on all models of the iPhone. Here's their iPhone 4 battery replacement guide.
A: If you want to keep your warranty alive at all, take it to your local Apple store or authorised repair centre and ask for the service. Any other action may void your warranty.
A: It depends on which one you have. I have replaced LCDs and glass screens on the 3G before. Following tutorials at Repairs Universe is really helpful. They have videos and detailed instructions. Here's a tutorial. I haven't looked at it, but it popped up by Googling "replace iPhone battery."
Hope this helps!
Thomas
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Q: What do I need to do to sell my iPhone 3GS? I've upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4 (and my wife's as well). The new phones came with their own US/AT&T microSIM cards and have been activated. So we still have our old phones with the old SIM cards in them. I've deleted the data off of the old phones, and I would like to sell them.
What do I need to do to sell the old phones? Do I remove the SIM from the phone and expect the buyer to put their own SIM in there? How do they go about getting a legit SIM from AT&T to put in the phone? Or do they use the SIM that is in there? How can I be assured the old phones cannot be linked to my current account in any way?
A: One easy option, if you can use the store credit, is to sell them to Radio Shack for $200 [1].
If you prefer cold hard cash, or think you can do better than $200, there's a market for them on eBay, and it's easy to search for the going rate. The phones will be easier to sell for more if you can jailbreak and/or unlock them in advance. (How to do that is best left for another question.)
As for how a conscientious buyer activates your old phone through the proper channels, it's my understanding that once you've upgraded your line, your old phone can simply be brought into any AT&T store and associated with a new account. I.e., you can & should sell the phone without a SIM.
Once it's been wiped and no longer has your SIM, the phone is no longer linked to you.
[1] http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20008186-233.html
A: Gazelle.com specializes in buying and reselling or recycling old gadgets. They pledge to completely remove any user data.
A: Technically, once you get a new SIM, the old one is deactivated and no longer associated with your account, so you don't have to bother taking it out. I still would, just to be safe though.
I'm actually looking to buy a 3GS for development. I have a 3G and a 4, but would like that as well. So if you're looking to sell, you can reply to this post lol :-).
A: Nextworth seems to be a neat site for selling old electronics.
http://www.nextworth.com/search/1/q/iphone/?live=1
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Q: Is there any way to suppress the "incompatible accessory" warning on the iPhone? Every time I connect my iPhone to the dock in my vehicle, the following warning message is displayed:
After dismissing the warning dialog, everything appears to works fine. Is there any way to suppress this dialog from being displayed every time I connect my iPhone to the dock?
(Enabling Airplane Mode does seem to do the trick, but that's not a realistic solution as I don't want to lose voice/data functionality when docking the iPhone.)
A: Gotta be jailbroken AFAIK. There's a package called Popup Blocker that suppresses alerts. This is probably the best option.
I recommend Spirit for jailbreaking 3.1.2 or 3.1.3. It's super easy and works well for everyday (non-hacker) use.
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Q: Is there an iPhone podcatcher?
Possible Duplicate:
What apps are available for subscribing to podcasts directly on the iPhone
I was glad to see that you can download podcasts directly from the iTunes app on the iPhone, rather than having to keep the iTunes app open to play them, but there's a 20 MB cap on downloads.
I'm looking for a way to subscribe to and automatically download new podcasts over 3G. Is there an app that can do this?
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Q: Is there any way to speed up my iPhone 3G since upgrading to iOS4 I have recently upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS4 and there is some noticeable performance issues will some of the basic tasks (text messaging, loading application, etc.)
I have restarted my iPhone and that only resolves the performance issues temporarily.
Is there any way to speed up my iPhone 3G with iOS4 installed?
Update
I have upgraded to iOS version 4.0.1 yesterday and a lot of the performance issues seem to be resolved. I still see some issues with trying to run apps while listening to music/podcasts.
A: According to this post on Gizmodo you can edit the preferences for the Spotlight search feature for a speed boost:
Go to Settings->General->Home->Search Results (Settings->General->Spotlight Search on later iOS levels), and shut off everything you don't need (I disabled Music, Podcasts, Video and Audiobooks; leaving Contacts, apps, Notes, Mail and Calendar checked). Made my phone a lot quicker, more like it was with v2 (I'm still running v3.1.2, jailbroken).
Before, there was a good 2-4 second lag when exiting or loading an app. Now it's back to it's old speediness
A: Reset the phone to factory defaults and reconfigure it. It's a lot of work but the performance is almost as good as iPhone OS 3.1.
I've just tried this yesterday and I'm very happy with the results. If you use GMail and/or Exchange accounts (or others) to manage e-mails, contacts and calendars you'll only have to reconfigure your apps.
A: Apparently doing a hard reset a couple of times in a row can improve the performance:
Speed Up iPhone 3G + iOS4 with a Hard Reset?
(via Lifehacker)
A: I'm wondering if some of the apps are holding onto memory when you close them, at least the ones that are utilizing the new multi-tasking functionality, and slowing it down? Try removing all of those from the multi-task tray thingy and see if that helps.
A: If you jailbreak, you can disable some unnecessary launch daemons...not a trivial task though. An interesting read, if nothing else lol.
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Q: How can I make iPhone clock alarms obey vibrate-only mode? In the Clock app, if I use a timer or alarm that goes off while my iPhone is on vibrate mode, the alarm sound still goes off. Is there a way to make it obey the vibrate mode? Or a way to tell it whether or not to ignore it?
A: Calendar alarms obey the mute switch. Clock alarms do not.
Personally, I consider this a feature and not a bug--but I can understand why you'd at least want the option.
However, short of jailbreaking, there is currently no way to change this behavior in the Apple-provided applications.
A: Create a silent ringtone (e.g. a short piece of silence in Garage Band or the ringtone creator of your choice) and set that as the sound for the alarm.
A: You might want to try using a different alarm clock app such as Awaken or Alarm Clock Pro.
These apps WILL obey the iPhones vibrate setting (I think). Even if they don't, they will still let you customize the ringtone of your alarms to make them quieter...
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Q: How can I import contacts into iPhone from Palm Centro? I'm planning on purchasing an iPhone 4, and I want to know the most direct method of copying my contacts from my Palm Centro to my iPhone. Extra points for solutions that work on Linux.
A: Have a look into SyncML, it was the only way i managed to get my contacts out of my decade old Nokia.
I'm not sure what the iPhone uses as a contact manager on Linux (Would MobileMe be a good workaround?), but once you've got them out, it's a lot easier to import them into something else.
Google Sync is also worth a look and would avoid your desktop altogether.
A: I used the palm conduit to send everything that was in palm desktop (windows - not Linux) to Outlook. Then I synced the iPhone with Outlook. Notes disappeared but most of the other data fields were OK
A: Take a look at Funambol. I've used it to sync my contacts from my old Sony Ericsson into my iPhone... Never tried with a Palm Centro though, but it'll probably work.
You need first to install the app in your old phone, sync with the server, install the app in the iPhone and sync back.
It's also a great way to backup your contacts.
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Q: How can I disable multitasking in iOS4? I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS4 and although I love most of the new feaures, multitasking keeps me checking for open apps.
Is there a way to disable multitasking support in iOS4 or a "kill all apps" app/switch?
A: One way to control multitasking on iOS4 is to jailbreak your device, install Backgrounder, and install Remove Recents.
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*Using Backgrounder you can prevent apps from multitasking until you allow them.
*Using Remove Recents will clear out all the "recently used" apps so that only the apps that are actually multitasking are shown.
Completely disabling multitasking is also possible. Here's how to disable Multitasking, Homescreen Wallpaper, or both on a 3GS. A jailbroken device is required.
Edit the file N88AP.plist in the directory /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app on your iPhone. Look for the following key-value pairs and set them to false as shown. Reboot when complete.
<key>homescreen-wallpaper</key>
<false/>
<key>multitasking</key>
<false/>
I figured this out by reading this article about enabling Homescreen Wallpaper on a 3G, although I did the opposite.
http://pixelatedgeek.com/2010/06/ios4-jailbreak-and-multitasking-now-available-for-iphone-3g/
Note:
You will need a way to edit plist files. Either use a special plist editor, or use a tool to convert to XML. To do the conversion on your phone, install Ericia Utilities (from Cydia) and issue the following commands to convert the file to XML and back.
plutil -convert xml1 N88AP.plist
plutil -convert binary1 N88AP.plist
A: I believe it's an option when you jailbreak using redsn0w. It's an option. Here's a tutorial.
A: You may be worrying more than you need to be. Apps can only use multitasking for certain functions:
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*Playing audio
*Tracking your location
*VOIP
*Local notifications and alerts
*Complete a lengthy operation
In all cases, rather than the app remaining running, the system keeps it suspended and awakens it at appropriate times, such as when it needs to fetch more audio. If the app uses too much CPU while it's in the background, it gets terminated. If the foreground app needs more memory, then the background apps will get terminated as necessary.
The apps in the multitasking menu aren't necessarily consuming any resources or battery life, it's more like a "most recently used" list. Apps will still be listed there whether or not they are actually running. You can help prove this to yourself by turning the phone off and on; the recent list will still be populated even though obviously all the apps are terminated.
A: There is no close all option as far as I'm aware, but you can close them one by one:
"Double-tap the home button to bring up the multitasking bar, which pops up from the bottom of the home screen. Then, you simply scroll through the icons, find the one you wish to close, press and hold the icon, and then click the red circle with a dash--Apple's visual representation of a delete symbol." - Via PCWorld.com
A: There is a close all button if you install sbsettings, it's called Remove Background. It's a button which closes all the apps and clears the "Recently Used" dock.
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Q: How do I create new albums within my iPhone 3GS camera roll? I'm looking for a way to create new albums within the Photos app on my iPhone 3GS, preferably without having to connect the device to iTunes. Is this possible?
A: No, it's not possible to create new photo albums in the Photos app on the iPhone. (Not on my iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.0.1 at least. And it's not possible on my iPad either.) See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1413776 and http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ios-apps/200714-creating-photo-albums-ipad.html.
This Apple Support FAQ describes how to sync photos: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1389.
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple adds this feature soon. I expect they're working toward making the iPad work completely independently (without syncing), and the iOS (and app) features they add will likely also be added to the iPhone.
A: iOS 5 and later supports creating new albums. However, the albums do not work like folders in a file system, but rather like tags or groups, because when a photo is added to an album it still physically exists in the camera roll and is linked to from the new album.
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Q: What car stereos work well with iPhone Bluetooth A2DP Streaming Audio The iPhone 3G supports Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) but lacks any volume control. As a result, my JVC stereo with the KS-BTA200 Bluetooth adapter clipped stereo audio so horribly that I ended up removing the adapter and foregoing the Bluetooth hands free capabilities. Now, I just use my AUX jack for music and a separate Bluetooth speaker phone (as long as it doesn't do A2DP).
Has anyone been able to get acceptable (not clipped) Bluetooth Stereo Audio from their iPhone to any car stereo? What models work well?
A: I bought my wife a Sony Xplod (sorry, forgot the model number) and that works really well with our phones. I would assume that all Sonys work equally as well (if not better).
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Q: Can I restore an iPhone from iPod Touch Backup? If I buy an iPhone, can I restore it (along with app data) from an iPod Touch backup?
A: Seems feasible. The last post on this site says someone got it to work. Do an actual backup (not just sync) though.
A: As I recall, when you first sync your iphone, you will be prompted to do so, so yes!
I'd recommend you to do a sync on your ipod before syncing the iphone.
A: This does not work, just tried with new iPhone 5 and the settings were that of the iPod i.e. no app for messages, calls or any other iPhone standards :s
A: Yes. This is possible using iCloud. As long as you have your iPod backed up to iCloud, then, it will appear under the list of iCloud backup(s) available to restore from.
When you start your iPhone, and are prompted with the option of where to restore from, choose iCloud. The backup of your iPod touch will appear. Select that to restore.
A: You should be able to restore the iPhone from your iPod Touch's backup. Backup the iPod touch, then restore from that backup in iTunes. You should be able to select the backup from the list that pops up. Although the iPhone will be restored from the iPod Touch's backup, iTunes should recognize it as a separate device.
A: When I got my first iPhone three years ago (iPhone 4), this worked partially. Obviously, it worked fine. But every now and then the iPhone was not able to receive phone calls any more. The caller did not recognize it because he got the dialing tone, not the busy tone.
I could only solve that problem by resetting the iPhone and not restoring the old iPod backup.
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Q: What Are The Best iPhone apps to keep a toddler amused in an 'emergency'? Preferably free - kids shows / films from iTunes are an obvious one.
A: Bubble Wrap
A: Bubbles. Works great on iPad also. It's important for toddler software to be ad free, since they will click on links.
A: There is a free limited version of Sound Touch but personally I think the full version is well worth the few bucks it costs.
A: My daughter went through an obsession with Monkey Preschool Lunchbox. I can vouch that it's highly educational, too. She became much better at counting (after about 2 weeks, she no longer needed to count out groups of 10, she could just look at a collection and say "there are 8 bananas.").
A: Not free, but the various Dr. Seuss apps are great, as they will read the book out loud at the child's pace. I also always have "Animal Sounds" at the ready.
For free, my daughter spends more time browsing photos of herself, family, and friends (in that order) than doing anything else. Go figure.
Oh, we get a lot of mileage out of (pirated) episodes of Dora the Explorer.
A: Scoops (and other Nimblebit games) has cute graphics and simple controls. And it's free!
A: Monkey Kick Off keeps my daughter amused for hours on end - so much so that she gets cranky when the phone rings and I have to take it off her!
A: Not free, but check out mouthoff. Great for kids I'd imagine.
http://iphone.ustwo.co.uk/iphone/apps/showusyourmouthoff/
A: You mentioned that videos/shows would be a priority. Take a look at the app called WEET WOO. It does something very simple: It presents an interface for you and your kid to choose from a big selection of kids' videos and shows that are actually stored on YouTube, including some fun educations series, etc. They are categorized (Animals, Humor, etc) so you can find what you want. But, naturally, the main deal is that you know that anything you stumble on is going to be fun and educational for the kid... not some lame music video or whatever.
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Q: Can iPhone battery apps actually prolong battery life? I've seen a few apps that claim they do some kind of conditioning/deep charge/other jargon to extend the life of an iPhone battery. Is this just hokum or do I really need one of these apps to maximize the life of my battery?
A: Of course a jail free app could prolong battery life, by tweaking into the system, just like Apple could (and like some android apps already do, since android has almost no management restrictions for developers). Couple things that could be done, for instance: killing apps that are known to consume batter life, or maybe turning off the screen when needed in an intelligent way.
But, as you may picture now, it's so much work that I doubt any good app will come along and I don't really know of any that do. Also, from a developer point of view, it'd be way too much time spent researching, testing and doing this for too little result, because this is already one of Apple's primary worries.
Here are few better things to do for prolonging battery life, from Apple's own list:
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*Turn off push notifications / Fetch new data less frequently / Turn off push mail
*Turn off Wi-Fi / Turn off Bluetooth
*Use Airplane Mode in low- or no-coverage areas
*Adjust brightness
*Turn off EQ
*Use iPhone Regularly (go through at least one charge cycle per month)
As for Apple Store apps, no way in hell. The app itself won't improve battery at all. At least not "automagically". It could work only as an insturctive reminder, at most.
A: Yes - if it's the thing that gets you to change your behavior. Whether you call it snake oil, a placebo or social engineering, changing your perception or spurring you to action is powerful and can shape your world.
No - without you doing something different, using more energy to "monitor" the battery obviously leaves less energy for the rest of the things you normally have running.
A: From what I understand, iPhone apps don't have the power to regulate the power consumption of other apps and iOS system processes. These apps sound like snake oil to me.
A: Apple themselves recommend a deep cycle every month:
Be sure to go through at least one
charge cycle per month (charging the
battery to 100% and then completely
running it down).
If the app reminds you to do this every 30 days, then yes, it will improve your battery life. Unfortunately, I've seen some apps that tell you to go down to 20% and then open the app while it is charging. That isn't letting it "completely run down", and so, it would do nothing for your phone.
Besides reminding you of doing a deep cycle every 30 days, I don't see how any app could improve your battery life. If anything, it would ruin your battery life by staying running in the background.
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Q: iPhone push notifications? I'm fairly new to the iPhone, so apologies if this is an obvious question.
Are the default programs on the bottom bar (Phone, Mail, Safari + iPod) the only applications that can show 'new' event counts? Is it to do with them being on the bottom bar?
A: No, the "default" apps on the bottom row aren't the only apps that can receive push notifications or display number badges.
There isn't necessarily a relationship between push notifications and number badges. Apps can have number badges without push notifications (Mint comes to mind) and can have push notifications without number badges (MLB At Bat, for example).
A: Any app that has push notifications implemented can have the number badge on the icon. Messages is another Apple app with push notifications. Some 3rd party apps also have push notifications.
A: Not exactly, the counts come from the app programming itself. Some have the count integrated, some don't.
A: You can actually change which apps are on the Dock (bottom bar) to whatever you like. And various apps have the new event count. For instance, I use The AT&T MyWireless app, and when my bill is due, I get a push notification there as well. Also when your apps have updates, you'll get one from the App Store icon. Any application that supports notifications will get a badge.
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Q: Can I use my iPhone 2G with Bell Canada? Long ago, I purchased an iPhone 2G in the US before Rogers came to Canada to provide iPhone service. Before I got my 3GS, I had unlocked it and was using it with my Rogers SIM with no problem.
Recently my wife took an interest in the handset and we took it to the Bell Store to have them try to get the device working with her account.
The sales person at the kiosk tried a "Demo SIM", and when they did that the device read "Invalid SIM".
Is there any reason to believe that we can get an older iPhone 2G working with Bell Canada? Maybe the salesperson just have some older SIM card perhaps that doesn't work with the 2G? Or is this a known limitation?
A: It is not compatible.
Bell's new network (shared with Telus) is a 3G HSPA overlay (on top of their existing CDMA network) which the iPhone 2G does not support.
A: You have to jailbreak, then unlock. Here's a tutorial.
Hope this helps!
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Q: iPhone: play podcasts via voice command? Is there a way to get the iPhone 3gs to play a Podcast via voice command?
I've tried all sorts of things and it doesn't seem to work. I believe the official answer is no, but I was wondering if there was a Cydia or other app that can achieve the same result?
A: The official answer is No.
As of iOS 4, there is a simple workaround, however. You can just add a podcast to a playlist and speak "Play playlist PlaylistName".
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Q: Silence calls from everyone but a defined set of numbers? If I'm on-call, I only want to be woken by important calls or text messages. How can I set up an iPhone to ring during certain hours only for calls or texts from a certain set of numbers?
If it can't be done using vanilla iPhone apps, is there a 3rd party app that could do it?
A: You could make a silent ringtone your default, and then assign other custom ringtones to each of that certain set of numbers.
See Apple's Purchasing and creating ringtones FAQ for a start.
A: 2016
This has changed significantly recently - posting this with iOS 10, but I think was available from 9, maybe 8
Settings > Do Not Disturb
You can set a defined daily schedule
This can also be toggled from the lockscreen, on an ad-hoc basis
Settings > Do Not Disturb > Allow Calls From >
You can choose by many criteria, Everyone, No-One, Favourites... or any specific group from Contacts
A: If you jailbreak, of course there's an app for that, several in fact. Search for "blacklist".
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Q: My iPod Touch / iPhone is frozen! My iDevice is frozen on one screen and won't let me do anything. What can I do to fix it?
A: Hold the Home Button and Power/Sleep buttons together until it hard resets.
A: You can force-quit the currently-open app by holding down the power/sleep button until the "slide to power off" screen comes up. Then you hold down the home button until the app is closed.
This may not work if the entire device is completely frozen.
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Q: How do I restart my iPhone and why should I? Often people talk about restarting an iPhone in the same way you restart a computer.
How do you do this, what buttons do you press?
Also how/why is this different to just turning off the iPhone using top button and then turning it back on?
A: You can restart the iPhone by holding the power button and home button for about 5 seconds (until you see the apple logo pop onto the screen). You may have to do this if the phone freezes, or otherwise becomes unresponsive.
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/phone/#section_2
A: Holding down the power and home button for about 5 seconds will perform a hard reset. Restarting your iDevice frees up used RAM. Low RAM is the main reason apps crash, which is why it's suggested to restart your iDevice every once in a while.
A: Pressing the top ("Lock") button locks the phone and turns off the display. That is useful for saving power and for security.
Turning the phone off can be accomplished by holding down the Lock button until the red arrow button displays saying "slide to power off". Turning off the phone in this manner will allow any running processes / services to shut down gracefully. This is akin to shutting down your Mac. Shutting down your iOS device every few days will free up leaked memory and may help it to work better or faster. I shut my phone off nearly every night, then plug it into the wall charger which turns it back on automatically.
Holding down the power and home buttons until the device restarts itself is called a "hard reset" and is akin to pressing and holding the power button on a Mac. Restarting in this manner does not give running processes a chance to shut down gracefully and may in fact result in lost data. This technique should be a last resort, not a daily practice because of its potential ill effects.
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Q: Is it worth upgrading my jailbroken 3G to iOS4? I have a jailbroken (not unlocked) iPhone 3G running the 3.1.2 firmware. What are the pros and cons of upgrading this to iOS4?
Being jailbroken, I already have multitasking and home-screen wallpapers. What does the new iOS give me that I don't already have access to?
A: I've done it and it's not worth the trouble. I'm considering rolling back to 3.1.2.
The beneficial changes are minimal (and most can be provided by a jailbreak app), and the performance decrease is very noticeable. I've found that crashes are much more frequent as well.
My advice: Don't do it.
A: In my personal experience, iOS 4 was only marginally slower than iPhone OS 3, so it really comes down to features.
First, iOS 4 does not allow you to put home screen wallpapers on an iPhone 3G. I don't have experience with multitasking on a jailbroken device, but again iOS does not provide this functionality on the iPhone 3G. However, given the memory and processor of the iPhone 3G, you really wouldn't want to multitask on the device.
In terms of features that iOS 4 does offer the iPhone 3G, here are some top ones:
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*Mail - unified inbox, multiple Exchange accounts, message threading
*Folders - a very useful way to store similar apps to save space
*iBooks - eBook and PDF reader (useful, though this app was somewhat slow on my 3G)
It's also worth noting that there are already apps that require iOS 4 and the number's only going to grow. Not having iOS 4 will reduce the number of apps that will run on your device.
Since I never really got a lot of utility from jailbreaking, it made the decision to upgrade pretty easy for me. However, if having a wallpaper or running apps from Cydia is important to you, you're not really missing out on a whole lot, at least for now.
A: Most of what I've heard is that it's not worth running on the 3G as it's very sluggish.
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Q: Can I prevent my (jailbroken) iPhone from retrieving mail between certain hours? I have a jailbroken iPhone which is set up to retrieve mail every 30 minutes.
Is there a way I can prevent this from happening at 3am when I'm trying to sleep?
A: It does not look like there is that level of configuration granularity on iOS for the iPhone out of the box (non-jailbroken).
One of the common jailbroken apps; 'SBSettings' also don't seem to have a specific setting option for scheduling push times...
One option might be, if you don't want to be disturbed at all is to switch to "Airplane Mode" before you go to sleep. But note this will prevent receiving calls and text messages also.
Or simply turn off "fetch data" (or set it to "manually") before you go to sleep.
Steps:
Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > Push = Off | Fetch = "Manually"
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Q: What's the best way to sell my iPhone 3G in the UK? The same as this question ( http://gadgets.stackexchange.com/questions/9/what-do-i-need-to-do-to-sell-my-iphone-3gs ) except with the UK in mind.
I have a 16GB iPhone 3G and have recently upgraded (we don't need to argue if it's an upgrade :p) to the iPhone 4. What's the recommended way to sell it in the UK? It has one small crack on the back near the vibration switch so it probably doesn't count as near new (depending on your definition of near).
A: The lowest hassle way is probably via one of these "phone recycling" sites. eg:
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*Mazuma Mobile (offering £172 or £189.20 in Argos
vouchers currently)
*Envirophone (offering £160 currently)
*FoneBank (offering £161 currently)
It might not be the best deal on offer, but it's easy. I sold an old (though much cheaper) handset via Mazuma recently with no problems.
A: I sold mine on eBay and it was quite a hassle. Before I managed the final sale the iPhone was won twice by bogus bidders.
And not only do you have to pay eBay fees (listing + 10% of final sale price) but you'll probably have to pay paypal fees as well. After these fees I made about £190. Caveat venditor.
If you can get similar from one of the recyclers then I'd recommend. I've used both Mazuma and Envirofone before with no issues.
A: AV Forums has a well established buying and selling forum. You'll get a far better price than a recycling site would offer.
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Q: Can I create a new contact from an unknown MMS number? I am looking for a way of creating a new contact using an unknown number that sent me an MMS. The new number is not detailed in the message itself. Is this possible? Currently I'm having to write the number down on paper so an alternative would be useful.
I'm using an iPhone 3GS with iOS4 installed.
A: You can add contacts from text messages by scrolling to the top of the conversation and tapping "Add to Contacts."
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Q: What is that circle that replaces the WIFI icon on my iPhone 2G sometimes? It's probably the phone's way of showing me there is no WIFI connection. Is that it? Probably not since that would probably be a "no icon" thing.
Anyway, couldn't find it in the user's manual so here you go... question asked.
Thx
A: The circle indicates that you're on the cellular GPRS data network. The fact that it's visible also means that you don't have a wifi connection:
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Q: What does the square button in FastEver do? It seems to insert a square. Considering that it only has 3 buttons it seems like it should do something more?
A: The square is an unchecked checkbox, useful for making to do lists.
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Q: Speed up iPhone SMS app I found that after some weeks of usage, my SMS app on a iPhone 3G (iOS 3.0.1, JB) seems to take a few more seconds to start than usual.
On all other cellphones I had, you had to delete old messages because of memory constrains and to make the app work better. Does this apply to the iPhone as well?
If so, how can I delete all messages of all contacts that are more than 1 month old, or something?
As the SMS database is SQLite based, I could script it. I even found this link regarding this but has been hesitating to use it.
How do you do it?
A: Not for the faint of heart, but I've done some research into iPhone daemons, and deleting/ disabling certain ones can have an impact on speed. Here's a lesson from BigBoss about the subject. Here's a list of daemons and what they do (I found this really helpful).
Hope this helps!
A: I cannot remember where I read this, but turning off Spotlight search indexing for messages should speed it up. Go into Settings: General: Spotlight Search, and uncheck Messages.
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Q: BBM-like iPhone app? I keep hearing all this hoopla about BBM (Blackberry Messenger) and I want in on the fun. Is there anything similar to BBM out there for the iPhone? I heard WhatsApp was something like it, but just wondering if there were any others.
A: WhatsApp and PingChat are the major games in town. I've also heard a bit about Cnectd
Nothing has really sold me yet, as I'm looking for proper delivery and read notification a la BBM.
Now if someone could figure out how to cross the impossible chasm to somehow connect into the BBM network, it would be a game changer.
A: Kik Messenger is relatively new and has the best feature from BBM (IMO);
Sent, Delivery, Read and typing status for messages
Unfortunately it was pulled from Blackberry's App World and actually blocked from pushing data on the Blackberry due to the fact that the founder was once an intern on the RIM BBM team. RIM is actually in the process of suing Kik - which just goes to show you that they are onto something.
Even without proper support on Blackberry, it's highly recommended for iPhone, and there is an Android version as well.
A: iMessage (Free)
iMessage, Apple's own messaging platform, can send and receive messages on iOS (5 or later on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch), macOS and watchOS, as long as they are connected to either a Wi-Fi or cellular network (3G). Starting with iOS 10, Messages includes support for third party apps.
A: LiveProfile recently launched and is clearly GUNNING for BBM. Even closer in look, feek and functionality than Kik.
Even the fonts are similar:
They say their Blackberry App will be out soon, but I'd be surprised if RIM doesn't give them a hard time. iPhone and Android versions are currently available.
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Q: Any way to recover data from a semi-bricked iPhone? My iPhone turns on, shows the white apple logo, and then after a few minutes shuts off. It is not a battery issue, it happens even when it's plugged in.
Is there any way I can get the data off the phone without resorting to a hard-drive recovery company?
Maybe some kind of program that can access the hard drive through the USB port? Or maybe I can open up the phone and somehow get the data off the hard drive?
I know that I can restore the phone through iTunes and have it working again. The problem is that I didn't back up the data so I have 400 or so notes saved only on the phone. If I restore it, they will be gone forever.
Just in case you are wondering, I haven't jailbroken or even attempted to jailbreak the phone. This problem just happened randomly while I was using the phone. It was frozen one day, I tried a hard reset, and ever since then I can never get it to work. I read that some people got the same issue via a remote wipe, however, I'm not subscribed to mobile me, so there is no way that could have happened.
A: If there is an Apple store in proximity, book an appointment with their tech. If PhoneView does not recognize the phone, I believe this may be your best chance to get the data out.
A: Here's a late answer for those following in your footsteps (like me).
Huzzah! Editing my previously negative answer to report success! SSH in and get YOUR data off YOUR phone, thanks to a great tool that's so new it doesn't have a cool name yet: shh_rd. The author's blog post has a video walk-through.
If ssh_rd wasn't available, then Apple might be your best bet if your bricked iPhone is under warranty. If you have a 3GS or newer then a forensics specialist is probably necessary. Details below ...
There are very few tools that can access iOS device data directly - and these are usually available only to law enforcement and forensics agencies. (Though there is some interesting work being done on Linux with a library called libimobiledevice.)
One is iOS Forensic Research maintained by Jonathan Zdziarski who wrote the (now dated) book on the subject of "iPhone Forensics". Another is the Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit. There are also hardware assisted solutions like Cellebrite UFED.
Assuming you don't have access to these kinds of tools, the last resort is to restore the iPhone using iTunes, then jailbreak it and dump the filesystem. The 3GS and newer models use hardware to encrypt their filesystems so recovery is probably not feasible.
Filesystem dumps from phones prior to the 3GS can be scanned for files using software like PhotoRec.
A: Have you looked into a program like PhoneView to see if it can access data on the phone?
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Q: Will initiating recovery mode on an iPhone permanently disable it until it is recovered? I'm trying to solve an issue I'm having, and I thought that placing the phone in recovery mode temporarily might resolve the problem. I'm afraid to try this though, since the phone contains valuable information, it would be dangerous for me to complete the process and actually recover the phone.
So I want to put it in recovery mode, but not go through with it all the way.
Would a phone normally still be usable after initiating but not going through recovery mode? Or must you complete the recovery process in order to use the phone again?
A: I had an extra iPhone (that didn't have important information) which I just tried it on. Simply initiating the recovery process (by pressing and hold home button while plugging it into the computer) will not cause anything irreversible to happen on the phone. You still have to click a few buttons on iTunes to start the process.
To go out of recovery mode, simply eject the iPhone through iTunes, disconnect the cable, and restart the phone. It will be in the exact same state it was previously.
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Q: Windows live hotmail on iPhone Setting up mail on my iPhone, I didn't see an option for MS Live Mail/Hotmail. I understand (due my mastery of search engines) that there are a few options. What's the best?
A: The priority for accessing any email service would be:
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*Exchange: Push email, folders, syncs read/unread status, contact sync, calendar sync
*IMAP: Folders, syncs read/unread status
*POP3: Bare bones email reading, usually only useful for a single client unless you "keep a copy on the server"
It seems that some people have had success using Exchange; IMAP seems to require either a premium account or 3rd party software; and POP3 is possible for free accounts.
Keep an eye on Apple's page as they will probably update it as new solutions are added by Microsoft.
A: From what I understand, Microsoft doesn't allow Hotmail IMAP access. The workaround is IzyMail. I haven't tried it, but it seems like it works as an intermediary between the iPhone and Hotmail servers in order to get a "simulated" IMAP experience lol.
Senseful's post has a good information. I use Exchange for my work email, calendars and contacts, and I love it. Gmail works really well with IMAP, and I really do not like POP3 from past experiences.
A: Came back to add an update:
In iOS 5 or later, you can add Microsoft Hotmail natively on the "add account" setup screen.
(In May, 2012, I started getting errors in my iPhone Exchange account setup, so I had to delete the account and re-connect via the iOS Hotmail account setup).
See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1694 for setup instructions.
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Q: Playing music from the iPhone wirelessly to a stereo that doesn't support Bluetooth I'm looking for a way to stream music from my iPhone to a stereo which doesn't support Bluetooth, but does support connecting a standard audio cable to it. For example, I can take a standard audio cable and connect my iPhone directly to this stereo. However, I'm looking for a solution that will free me of wires on the iPhone side.
If there was some kind of Bluetooth device which has a standard audio cable as its output and as its input it uses a Bluetooth profile that the iPhone supports for wireless audio listening, I guess that would work.
Is this even possible?
A: The Sony Ericsson MBR-100 is a bluetooth adapter that should work.
A: I've been very pleased with my Belkin wall powered bluetooth receiver. It works well even with microwave oven and lots of other bluetooth in a house with chicken wire / plaster walls. (i.e. a disaster for 2.4 GHz radio)
A: I ended up getting the Sony DRC-BT30. It works really well and does exactly what I need it to do.
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Q: How do I erase an iPhone? I had an iPhone on loan from a friend to try it out and now I need to give it back. How do I make sure that everything is erased from it? SMS, Calendar, Phone Logs, contacts?
A: You can achieve this with a restore in iTunes. It will restore the iPhone to it's factory state, after which you can optionally restore from a backup. Here is a summary and guide from Apple on the subject.
A: To erase everything and restore the iPhone to the factory state, go into Settings, then General, then Reset. Press "Erase All Content and Settings". If you have a passcode, you will be prompted to enter it. Select "Erase iPhone" and the wipe will begin. Be sure to have your iPhone connected to a power source as the erase takes a long time. When it's complete, the iPhone will have no SMS, calendar, phone logs, contacts, etc.
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Q: Where can I find free WMA Conversion Software? I have a huge collection of WMA files (from my Zune days). And of course, my iPhones can't do anything with them. Does anyone know of TRULY free (preferably open-source) WMA conversion software? Is that even legal? If it exists, someone please let me know where to find it. I've been searching, and only came up with AVS Audio Converter...which is "free..." They give you a free trial, but each encode has a voice logo over your file. I could just use Audacity to edit that out, but who wants to go through that?
Anyway, please let me know if free WMA conversion software exists anywhere on this world wide internetz.
A: If these are unprotected files (non-DRM), you should be able to drop them directly into iTunes on a Mac and convert them to MP3 or AAC. I've never owned or used a Windows PC so I don't know if the same thing will work on Windows iTunes, but you could give it a try.
On a Mac, you can also install Flip4Mac, which enables you to load WMA files in QuickTime and convert them to MP3 or AAC. If you have a bunch of files, you could set up an Autmomator action to automatically do this on a folder full of files.
A: If you are running Windows the free version of Media Monkey will do this:
Record CDs and convert MP3s, M4A, OGG, FLAC and WMA files etc. into other formats.
It comes with a time limited mp3 encoder, but you can replace that yourself. However, this probably isn't an issue if you're converting for the iPhone.
A: ffmpeg can do all that. As far as I can tell, it's a commandline-only program, but that has the plus side that you can run it in batch mode easily.
A: If you are using iTunes for Windows, it is easy.
Launch iTunes, and then click File > Add File to Library to open WMA files that you want to import. Then a window will pop up as clearly shown in the picture below. Just click Convert to convert WMA to iTunes M4A format. Once the conversion is done, you can play WMA files in iTunes or import WMA to iPhone, iPad and iPod.
But if you are using iTunes for Mac, it is a little complicate. You'd better to convert WMA to iPhone supported formats. Maybe this step by step guide will help you.
If your WMA files are DRM-protected, you have to remove the DRM first.
A: The Windows version of iTunes already does conversion of non-protected wma files, so you could just use iTunes to re-encode your eligible files.
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Q: Can I have my iPhone navigate through my car's stereo? Is there an iPhone navigation/GPS app that will announce the turn-by-turn directions through a car's stereo via bluetooth?
I already have my iPhone synced with my car via bluetooth for calls, so I'm wondering if any of the navigation apps can also take advantage of the connection?
I'd rather not have to buy a separate iPhone car kit or a FM transmitter.
A: Can your car accept the iPhone's music audio as an input to the stereo? On my care (Acura TL), the bluetooth profile lets me play iPod music through the stereo when the phone is paired. As a result of that, ALL of the phone's audio plays back through the stereo... including text alerts and any apps that play back voice sounds (navigation, etc).
It's probably too simple an answer, but it's worth checking to see if you can pair up using the audio profile for music -- in which case you'd get the phone's other audio as well.
A: I think Navigon works over A2DP with music; its on sale at the moment too. It used to - I changed cars and my new one has built in nav but no A2DP so can't test it anymore
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Q: Is there a way to block images from untrusted senders on the iPhone? I got a spam message on the iPhone and I accidentally opened it. It loaded an image and now I guess the spammer knows this is a valid address since they are sending more spam.
I'd like to prevent this problem in the future with my other email accounts. I know that I can disable Load Remote Images in the settings. The problem is that I believe this will not allow any images to load, even those from people in my address book.
Is there any way to get functionality similar to Gmail where it will only load the images from safe senders? Or is it an all or nothing deal?
Also, what's the significance of the word "Remote" in the setting name? Are there images that will load which aren't remote?
A: Doubtful without a custom email app of some kind.
Certainly the default iPhone mail app won't selectively (or conditionally on click) block images by default.
Have you tried the official GMail iPhone webapp?
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-gmail-for-iphone.html
http://www.google.com/mobile/mail/
Not a native app, but... there's surprisingly almost zero native iPhone apps that do Gmail.
A: "Remote" messages are on a server somewhere on the internet. When disabled, you can still see attached images and some HTML generated images. Images are often linked, rather than sent to avoid bloating email inboxes (especially in large advertisements).
Turning off remote images will block web bugs. Frequently these are 1x1 pixel dots with a unique address which will alert the sender that the recipient at a specific address viewed the image.
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Q: How can I upload HD video from iPhone 4 directly to web? How can I upload HD video from iPhone 4 directly to web?
A: Pixelpipe
From https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/3486/is-there-a-way-to-upload-higher-resolution-videos-to-youtube-or-any-video-sharin
This free app allows iPhone 4 users to
directly upload their 720P videos to
YouTube, as well as Flickr, Facebook,
MobileMe, Viddler, Posterous and a
whole slew of other video sharing
sites. The app evens works via email
and FTP. The only caveat is that the
videos cannot be over 200 MB in size.
Regarding with how to use it, check out this post:
http://islandinthenet.com/2010/07/06/pixelpipe-upload-720p-hd-video-from-iphone-4-to-youtube/
I recommend that post, it gives some great information on the app and how it is used.
For example:
A “pipe” is the
connector between the PixelPipe app
and one or more destination sites
where you want your content to be
uploaded. For example, I set up pipes
for flickr, picasa, and Dropbox and
many others.
I setup some of my pipes as default
routes. This means that any media I
select to upload will automatically go
to these default pipes.
For each pipe
I created, PixelPipe created a routing
tag. The routing tag explicitly tells
PixelPipe where to upload the content
overriding any default routes. If you
want your content routed to different
photo sets you can create a routing
pipe and tag for each one.
Also, given this:
since other developers are sure to create a similar product now that they know it is possible to upload 720p videos.
If you don't like the PixelPipe app, it shouldn't be too long before another solution pops up :)
According to this page, an app called SmugMug is also 720p uploading enabled, however I couldn't find much in reference to that on their site.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/01/want-to-upload-720p-from-iphone-4-try-pixelpipe/
A: The Flickr app will allow you to do this.
A: There are many apps that do this. I like the following for ease of use and design. I'll rank them in the order of the quality of the final video (and coincidentally overall usability)
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*iMovie - very slick, great editing, many upload options like YouTube, Vimeo and others
*Posterous - very powerful blogging tool for free.
*Vimeo - free but not [yet] as slick as iMovie
One last mention is a live streaming app called Ustream Live Broadcaster - I don't really use it but it's unlike the rest in that it's more of a broadcast tool than for pushing something you captured to the web once the video is complete.
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Q: Where can I get a case that is also a battery for the iPhone 4? I have seen ones for previous versions of the iPhone - is there one for the new iPhone though?
A: Not yet, but I found a couple that are soon to be released:
*
*iPhone 4 Fuel Max
*EXOGEAR iPhone Battery Case
A: I've been very pleased with my mophie "juice pack" for my first-generation iPhone and the "juice pack air" for my 3GS. I recommend waiting for mophie to ship a battery case for the iPhone 4. You probably won't have to wait very long—I'm sure they're eager to tap the already large and fast-growing market of iPhone 4 owners.
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Q: How do I jailbreak my iPhone 4? I'm looking to go rogue. Where do I jailbreak my iPhone 4.
A: Open up Safari on your iPhone 4 and go to jailbreakme.com.
Sit tight for couple minutes and your iPhone is jailbroken. You'll see that Cydia app is installed.
It uses PDF security flaw on mobile Safari. It will be patched soon, so jailbreak now while it's available. It's by far the easiest way to jailbreak your iPhone.
It jailbreaks iOS 4.0.1 which is the latest at the moment.
Edit (8/11/2010): Apple has just releases iOS 4.0.2 to fix the PDF exploit that jailbreakme.com uses. Jailbreakme.com should still work for iOS 4.0.1 and below.
Edit (8/13/2010): PDF Patch is available for download in Cydia. Search for "PDF Patch." You can jailbreak 4.0.1 and then just patch PDF bug instead of upgrading to 4.0.2 and wait for jailbreak to be available.
A: EDIT: Disregard this, it's no longer true. There are jailbreaks - http://jailbreak.me works before 4.0.2, and (apparently) redsn0w works with 4.0.2 on 2G and 3G.
AFAIK, there is no released jailbreak for the iphone4 just yet. The iPhone Dev Team is working on it though; they have a jailbreak but haven't released it yet.
I'm sure they will release it when they think it's ready.
A: You can always check out http://jailbrea.kr
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Q: Does the mail app in iPhones still use POP for Gmail? Or is it updated to use IMAP? Does the mail app in iPhones still use POP for Gmail? Or is it updated to use IMAP?
A: If you pick the Gmail option when setting up your account, it will use IMAP. However, if you set it up as descibed here, it uses ActiveSync. Doing it this way gives you push notification as well as contact and calendar sync.
A: The "Gmail" option for iPhone mail configuration has always used IMAP. I would, however, recommend configuring it as an Exchange account, especially now that iOS officially supports multiple Exchange accounts (previously the domain of jailbreakers only). Doing so will push emails, contacts, and calendars directly to the phone, though you won't be able to sync Notes like you can when using the "Gmail" option.
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Q: Are there any car holsters for the iPhone 4 like the one that came with my first Android phone? I'm looking for a holder like the one that I got with my first Android phone. It must hold the phone in landscape.
A: I'm not familiar with the Android dock you refer to (was it for the G1?), but the dock I personally use is a Belkin TuneBase:
(source: belkin.com)
As you can see, it can hold an iPhone landscape (though it will also pivot into the vertical position), powers/charges the phone, connects to your stereo either through a 3.5" headphone cable or an FM transmitter, and has a button that acts like the in-wire headphone button on the Apple iPhone headphones so I can play/pause music, go forward and back, and answer calls without needing to touch the device.
My only complaints are that the dock connector is only used for charging the device (I have to plug in my headphone jack manually) and that the audio quality on the other end of a speakerphone call isn't that great.
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Q: Is it possible to use an iPhone device for storage? I know that through iTunes you can store images, audio etc. on your iPhone. But is it possible to access the iPhone and store any kind of files for later retrieval, much like a memory stick?
A: There's an app called Phone Disk that seems to do exactly what you need. The one downside is that it needs to be installed on the host computer to work.
A: Sure, take a look at the iOS app Air Sharing. It makes a storage area accessible over Wi-Fi via WebDAV. It also allows you to view the contents of some file types on the device itself (for as far as there are built-in viewers).
Alternatively, you can jailbreak and store files directly in the iPhone's memory. Use SCP over WiFi, or connect the USB and use iPhoneBrowser.
A: A simple technique is to leverage File sharing feature available for iOS apps.
Instructions for the same can be found in the Apple Support article, About File Sharing on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Q: Is there a backquote on the iPhone keyboard? Is there a backquote (backtick `) on the iPhone keyboard, and if so, where is it?
When I'm writing a post on a site in the SE family (especially SO), I want to use the backquote for inline code blocks. Under the single quote key, I've found two curly/angled quotes, but those (’ and ‘) don't seem to do the trick...
A: The backtick/backquote was added to the iOS keyboard in 4.1. You need to switch to the numbers keypad and then press & hold apostrophe to access it. Once the variations show up - slide your finger without removing it from the screen. Remove your finger when it's over the correct ` key.
A: It seems like you have to resort to a hack to use the character:
*
*Go to an email address field (e.g. open up Mail and compose a new message).
*Go to the symbols keyboard (3rd one).
*Type the ` character located on the top left.
*Copy and paste the character wherever you want.
A: go into settings > general > keyboards > text replacement and add it with a phrase into your phone copying the backtick symbol to your clipboard and pasting in the shortcut.
ie: i put for phrase: "' (quotation symbol apostrophe)
and shortcut: ```(3 backticks)
because in the english language thats not a thing that would really be typed in conjunction.
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Q: Is it possible to connect my iPhone 3G via Bluetooth to both OS on my MacBook? I'm trying to connect my iPhone 3G to my MacBook via Bluetooth to use the iPhone Tethering.
When I connect the iPhone to the OS X everything works fine. Since I often also use Windows 7 on the Boot Camp partition I'd like to connect from Windows 7 to the iPhone as well.
This works, but in this case I always have to remove and reconnect it when booting back to OS X and vice versa.
Is it possible to setup the Bluetooth connection and have it working in both operating systems on the same MacBook?
A: The bluetooth connection is maintained by the OS (Windows or Mac OS X) so as soon as you restart, the connection is lost and you have to re-establish it.
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Q: How can I find out which apps I have already downloaded on my iPhone? When you attempt to download an app that costs money, you will not be charged if you already bought the app. After you press buy and enter your iTunes password, it will say "You have already purchased this item. To download it again for free, select OK."
The problem is that I deleted hundreds of apps from my phone, some of which were paid for. Later on I might find an app I like but notice that it costs money. It might be an app I had already paid for, or an app which I got when it was free.
How can I know if I tap the buy button if I will be charged for the app or not?
In other words, how can I know if I owned a previous version of an app before?
A: To see a listing of all the apps you have purchased or downloaded, do this :
*
*Go to Store > View My Account
*Login
*Click on "Purchase History"
You should now see all the apps you have downloaded before.
Stolen from caliban's answer here.
A: Update: The easiest way to do this is to open up the App Store on the iPad, and search for the app. If you see it say "INSTALL," rather than showing a price, it means that you have purchased the app before, and can download it again for free.
One way to do this is to archive all your iTunes receipt notifications in your email account. This way you can search your email account for the application's name and see if it exists in any of your receipts.
The downside to this is that if the application's name changed it won't find it since your receipt will contain the application's old name. You could try searching for the seller's name, but that might change as well.
Another way to do this is to look at your iTunes purchase history. While this will have the application's current name (unlike in email archiving), there is no easy way to search through it.
Another difference between the two methods is that the Purchase History will contain app updates you downloaded, while the receipt emails will not.
Update: It seems that as of May, I no longer get receipts for free items via email.
A: Apps that you delete on your iPhone are still in your iTunes. You should see there wich Apps you already payed for.
A: Yeah, there are apps that I remember what they did and want to try it again but forget the name, so instead of trying to search for category, it's easier sometimes to go through the iTunes Account download history.
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Q: Is there an iPhone app for outlining that has a decent web/desktop companion? I am looking for an outliner app for iPhone, with either a desktop or web counterpart.
A: Evernote should work for you, there are web/desktop (PC/Mac) and iPad apps, as well as the iPhone app.
A: There is an app call Outliner for iPad and iPhone, which has an web companion. It works for now, but I am waiting for OminiOutliner to come out in 2011 (for iPad, not for iPhone), which should be a much better solution.
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Q: Is it possible to queue songs on the iPhone? I would like to queue up songs on my iPhone like I can on my desktop music player. Is this possible with iTunes, or is there an alternative music app that will let me do this?
A: You can create an on the go playlist directly on the iPhone that acts like a queue. Alternatively you could create a playlist in iTunes then import that to the iPhone by dragging the list to the phone icon. Any missing tracks would be imported.
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Q: Transferring an old iPhone after I upgrade? I'm about to upgrade from the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 4, and I'm not sure what will happen to my old device once my phone number is transferred.
Specifically, I want to give the old device to my girlfriend, who is on a AT&T non-smartphone. What will I have to do to move her to the iPhone 3G? Will she need to sign up for an iPhone specific data plan if I put the sim card in there? WIll it work like any old phone if I just put the simcard in there?
In short, I'm not sure what will happen, and what I need to do.
A: I just did this myself - I upgraded to an iPhone 4 and gave my sister my iPhone 3G. I put her AT&T SIM inside and she was instantly able to send & receive calls and texts. Since she doesn't want to pay for data (yet), she used the new iOS 4 network setting to turn off cellular data. I have heard that AT&T scans their network and automatically adds data plans to 'smartphones', but so far this hasn't been the case.
If she does want to use data, have her call up AT&T and let them know about the phone switch on the plan and they can sign her up for the iPhone data plan - it's $15/month for 200MB and $25/month for 2GB. You may be able to do this yourself online - I haven't tried - but contacting AT&T is quick and relatively painless and is guaranteed to work.
One other thing - if her SIM is ancient (pre-3G), then you may need to get a new one that supports 3G from an AT&T retailer or call AT&T and they can ship you a new one. They may charge a nominal fee (~$10) for this service.
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Q: How can I recalibrate the touchscreen on my iPhone? When I tap on the bottom of my iPhone's screen it actually acts as if I tapped in another section higher up. It may be a calibration problem. How can I recalibrate the touchscreen?
A: The iPhone's capacitive touch screen doesn't have the concept of calibration.
To fix the problem you're experiencing, I suggest trying each of the following options:
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*Hard reset of the phone by holding the Home and Sleep buttons for 10 seconds.
*"Reset All Settings" from Settings → General → Reset.
*"Erase All Content and Settings" from Settings → General → Reset.
*If your phone is still under warranty or covered by AppleCare, bring it to Apple and they will repair or replace it for you.
*If not covered, then there are guides for replacing the front panel (first-gen iPhone), which contains the digitizer.
A: If you have a protective case where the edge of the case is raised above the glass face of the phone, it may be ever-so-slightly pushing your touch points more towards the middle of the phone. This alters where the phone is expecting you to touch, and can cause the issues you are describing.
A: I just recently had this problem. After some panic, and consideration of replacing my digitizer, I calmed down and looked at my phone carefully.
Keep in mind that an iphone works on capacitance, with the glass plate being an insulating layer just on top of the sensing array.
On inspecting my phone, I discovered that the bottom right corner of the glass face(to the right of the home button holding the phone in portrait orientation)had become flush with the top of the chrome strip which runs so elegantly around my 3g. It's not supposed to be flush. The glass top on a 3g/gs should be slightly higher.
I powered down and removed my sim card, removed the screws at the bottom and re positioned the face properly.
Good news? I returned to proper working order. Bad news? it doesn't last. Most likely I will have to replace the digitizer.
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Q: Is it better to use ePub or mobi files in iBooks? I've purchased some books that make epub and mobi versions available for download. What are the main differences and which is better supported in iBooks?
A: The latest version of iBooks supports the PDF format. The support is excellent. You can drag ePub or PDF files to your iTunes library.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-news/2010/04/using-itunes-to-add-epub-files-to-ibooks.html
A: There are differences that are covered in great detail in this article:
Worse-is-better in e-book formats
I do not think that an end user should care about this until the seller offers the books in all formats, in your case in EPUB as that is the format supported by iBooks
A: ePub is the newer standard and is supported by the Apple iBooks app, but Apple only supports it's own FairPlay DRM wrapper used to encrypt the ePub files to protect the books from being copied or read on unauthorised devices.
Most other (non-Apple) eBook stores sell ePub books encrypted with Adobe's Adept DRM wrapper, which you can't read with the iBooks app (although certain other eBook apps do support the Adobe DRM system)
Mobi is for other reader systems (I believe the Kindle uses this format) and is not supported by the iBooks app. I expect there are other iPhone apps that support mobi files.
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Q: Can you sync computer with iPhone? When having one computer, it works great syncing your iphone with it, to get your stuff on the iPhone. However, having two computers, one at work and one at home, I wonder if it's possible to have a relationship like this:
Computer 1 > iPhone > Computer 2
instead of the two computers battling against each other and removing files etc they don't have? It would be great if you could do this automatically, so I don't have to manually transfer files etc.
A: I found an article on Lifehacker about this issue: How to sync an iPhone with two (or more) Computers.
Plug your iPhone into a variety of
computers, yours or other people's,
and you'll find that your phone and
iTunes want to wipe everything clean
and start over, every single time.
Andrew Grant at the Shiny Things blog
shows how to edit your iTunes Music
Library XML file to sync your phone
(or iPod touch) with different
systems. That means you can, say,
auto-grab just your music from your
Mac at home, but grab Contacts and
Calendars from your work PC. The guide
requires very little hacking, and
Grant provides links to simple text
and hex editors to get the job done.
A: If you use Macs, MobileMe makes this pretty easy (although it is not cheap). I have my iPhone, iPad, and three Macs synched this way.
MobileMe sorta works with Windows too, but I don't have enough experience to recommend it.
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Q: What file type/extension is used to store data for iPhone apps? I'm thinking about recovering the data on my bricked iPhone, but the hard drive recovery company would probably need to know what file types I want to recover. Most applications store their data in SQLite databases. When I sync to my computer, it saves this in a .mddata file. I'm guessing this file type is only used for the backup process.
What file type/extension is used to store the data on the iPhone?
I realize that apps can probably store it in whatever format they want. I want to know what's the default (or most likely) format for those that store their data in SQLite files.
A: I'm not sure if you want to know about storage on the iPhone itself, or storage by iTunes in the backups, so I'll take a stab at both. :)
See here for a more in-depth analysis, but the basic gist is that the .mddata files are typically SQLite databases (occasionally encrypted), while the corresponding .mdinfo files are the metadata associated with them. (Older versions of iTunes used .mdbackup files.)
Here's a more practical description of retrieving data from an existing iPhone/iPod backup, and another one which does so with the more recent format. Also, there's this presentation that dives into the format a bit. Here's a blog entry about deciphering the obfuscated filenames, and finally, here's a StackOverflow discussion about decrypting the encrypted .mddata files (which didn't end in a resolution of any kind).
On the iPhone itself, many applications store their data in a SQLite database directly because of the simplicity of doing so. Also, the Core Data ORM uses it under the hood, although that's really just an implementation detail.
But, as you've noted, there's no requirement to use SQLite; applications can store data in something as simple as a plain text file or XML document, or as complicated as a database of their own making.
A: If an application uses Core Data with SQLite, the file extension will be .sqlite.
As @esm pointed out, some apps also use .sql and .sqlite3.
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Q: Tethering app code for iOS Many of you know there was a Flashlight app with a hidden feature that enabled tethering, that snuck into the App Store this week. It was removed very quickly, about 10 minutes before I found out so I wasn't able to snag it up. I have a developer account so I was thinking if I could get the code to a tethering app I could install it on my phone myself.
Are there any open source tethering apps out there?
A: Found the answer myself.
http://wiki.github.com/tcurdt/iProxy/
w00t!
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Q: What are the pros and cons of IMAP/CalDAV vs. Exchange for GMail and Google Calendar for iOS 4? I am trying to decide if it is better to use the IMAP/CalDav option for accessing my GMail/Google Calendar on my iPhone vs. Using the exchange connection. Anybody got pros and cons of the different options?
What I know so far is this:
*
*I have to use exchange for syncing contacts, so I will have exchange setup for that no matter what.
*The IMAP/CalDav option doesn't have push
*The Exchange option seems to be buggier than IMAP/CalDav
Any other thoughts?
A: Exchange (Google Sync) for GMail lacks some features that you are probably used to--search and cloud drafts. The "known limitations" are listed here: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139635.
My experience with CalDAV in iCal are that multiple calendars on a single account are a bit squirrely to work with—you won't be able to get each calendar listed by itself under the primary google account heading. The calendars end up in a set of subfolders, depending on how you end up configuring it. That said, I don't know how the same thing would look on the iPhone.
What I do and recommend would be to continue using IMAP for GMail access--there's nothing wrong with it and you don't gain anything by moving to exchange. I do use Google Sync for contacts and calendars since it's the closest I can get to the functionality of MobileMe for free, and I'm very happy with it. For desktop access (aside from the webapp) I like BusyMac (post hyperlink limit reached; Google it) Software's products: one is an iCal superset clone and another is a sync utility that makes your Google Calendars show up in iCal just like MobileMe would.
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Q: Is there an aftermarket USB->DockConnector cable that works with an iPhone 4 + bumper case? I'm looking for a third-party (i.e., cheaper) alternative to the Apple Dock Connector to USB Cable that is compatible with an iPhone 4 w/ bumper case. I've tried a few third-party cables and none of them are able to connect properly with the bumper case installed on the phone.
Also, I'd prefer it if the dock connector end of the cable doesn't have the press-to-disconnect buttons.
A: Maybe this'll work: http://cablejive.com/istubz
EDIT:
Whoops, maybe not. The 1st party cables are a precision molded plastic that is thinner than the 3rd-party clones as detailed in this video @ 3:40 -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XpmLvY2XNPg
A: I just spent 10 minutes in the garage with my Dremel tool, taking off a couple of MM off the plastic around the top of the after-market plugs. Now they fit fine into the iPhone 4 Bumbper case. Problem solved.
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Q: iPhone 4 and Cisco WRT320N connection issues I've recently acquired an iPhone 4 (iOS 4.0.1) and hooked it up to my Cisco WRT320N wireless router.
For whatever reason, my iPhone drops of the network constantly. Sometimes before I can even load a single page in Safari. When it does work, its quite slow.
This behavior is independent of distance from the router, and the iPhone is showing full bars for the network when its connected.
The router is configured as follows:
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*Wireless Band: 2.4 GHz
*Network Mode: Wireless-G only
*Channel: Auto
*Security Mode: WPA Personal
*Firmware Version: v1.0.03 (which seems to be the lastest)
There's no MAC filtering or the like going on. A laptop was recently used to connect to this configuration - without issue - so I'm fairly certain this is an iPhone-specific problem.
So, any ideas on how to fix this?
A: Try resetting your network settings. That usually works for me when I have any connectivity issues (WiFi/ 3G/ ....tethering (hee hee))
Hope this helps!
A: In the end reverting to WEP solved the issue.
Not pleased security-wise, but at least it works now.
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Q: How does the iPhone handle connection priority? Suppose I'm in the range of a wifi network and I check my email on my iPhone.
Will it try to use the wifi network first and only if that fails attempt to connect to 3G? Or will it always use 3G (with the charges that carries) regardless of other mediums?
Is it automatic? Do I have to manually disable 3G connection if I want it to use wifi?
A: The iPhone will always try to connect to the wifi if it is in range. If it already knows how to connect it will do so automatically. If it does not know it will notify you that there are wifi networks available.
But to come back to the situation you described:
If it is already connected to the wifi it will use that for all data even if it is also connected to a 3G network.
A: Wifi is always preferred over radio (3G/EDGE/GPRS) so if you want to force cellular data, you have to turn off wifi or un-join whatever networks are in range and/or disable auto-join. There is no failover, so if you get connected to a wifi that has no route to the Internet, the phone won't figure that out and use the cell data. You have to manually get off that wifi before the data will flow over the cellular network..
I often turn off WiFi when I know 3G is faster than certain busy times at coffee shops or when my home ISP is overloaded.
When traveling I've heard anecdotes that even with a wifi connection, some data was billable over cell connection as a roaming charge but can't say if that is still true or was a bug or was user error. Use the switch to disable data roaming if you want to be totally sure only wifi is used.
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Q: Why my iPhone switches from wi-fi to 3g each time screen blocks and does it take any data during? (or how to check it) I am using iPhone 3gs 16gb with OS 4.0.1 and each time screen blocks it is switching from wi-fi to 3g. It comes back automatically to wi-fi each time I unblock the screen.
Can I prevent it somehow? I want it to stay connected to wi-fi all the time.
How can I check how much datas it is downloading during?
A: That is a feature to preserve battery life. If your iPhone is jailbroken, you can install Insomnia from Cydia to keep WiFi active while the screen locks.
If you want to check your data usage, you can go to Settings >> General >> Usage. There, you can check under "Cellular Network Data" for how much data you have used. You can reset that, then lock your screen for some time, come back and check what has changed.
Hope this helps!
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Q: How do I upload my iPhone pictures/videos to my Windows Vista PC? I found a page in iTunes that appears to allow me to sync pictures from my PC to my iPhone, but I can't see any obvious way to upload pictures taken on my iPhone4. How do I do this?
What about videos I've taken on my iPhone?
Just in case any of these matter:
iPhone 4.0.1
iTunes 9.2.0.61
Windows Vista Home Premium with SP2
A: I just do it by connecting the iPhone, then opening the folder..
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*attach device, open it in explorer
*open "Internal Storage" on device
*open "DCIM" folder
*open "800AAAAAA" (?) folder
*drag and drop pictures and files from device to somewhere else on my computer
A: See iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer:
1) Connect your iOS device to the computer. If the AutoPlay window appears, click "Import Pictures and Videos using Windows", then skip to step 4.
2) Choose Start > Computer.
3) Right-click the logo for your device and click Import pictures and videos.
Click the Import Settings link.
iPhone will present itself to as a camera to the computer, so you can just use the built in camera software on your computer to import your photos. Just go into My Computer, and your iPhone should show up there.
See also TS3195 iOS: Unable to import photos to computer
A: Use DiskAid. It runs on both Mac and PC. (I believe there is even a free trial period for this application.)
A: If you only want to move a few photos, just send them by email, then do with them what you want when you get them on the computer.
A: You can do it the classic way thru file system browsing :
A: I use the Camera Upload on Dropbox
The pictures will be on Dropbox on the iPhone and will then sync to the other computers
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Q: Least expensive prepaid data roaming with an unlocked iPhone in the US Will be travelling to the US a bit and trying to determine the least expensive way to get my unlocked iPhone online.
My provider (Rogers) has a standard US data roaming rate of $30/mb but also offers travel add-on packs that you can buy for 30 days of usage:
Add on packs are:
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*10mb for $30 ($3/mb)
*25mb for $50 ($2/mb)
*75mb for $60 ($0.80/mb)
Alternate carrier options I know of so far:
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*AT&T GoPhone prepaid service - $20 for 100mb, but you have to be careful not to tell them you are using their prepaid service with an iPhone and you need to muck with APN settings -- walkthrough one, walkthrough two.
*T-Mobile's Unlimited $1/day Sidekick data plan - not sure if this is still offered. Caveats are that T-Mobile will only work on EDGE with iPhone and you need alternate APN settings as well as possibly needing a (paid) proxy to use it
Curious if there are other options out there - I guess it's limited to AT&T and T-Mobile since those are the only compatible (or semi-compatible for T-Mobile) networks in the US...
Here's a wiki dedicated to prepaid data roaming, however it doesn't have much information on US (yet)
A: My solution was to activate an iPad MicroSIM and use it in the iPhone. It required a bit of trickery to get it going but worked like a charm - $25USD for 2GB for 30 days
Activating an iPad MicroSIM from Safari (when you don't have an iPad to use): http://modmyi.com/forums/unlocking-activation/712894-activating-ipad-3g-sim-without-ipad.html
A: T-Mobile no longer provides (officially or unofficially) prepaid $1/day data access for anything except the actual Sidekick device, nor do they have any other prepaid data options. They do offer no-contract postpaid voice, data, and texts through their Even More Plus plans, but you need to set up an account, billing, etc for these plans.
If all you're looking to do is get online, another option is to rent a MiFi. It's a little pricey, but you can use it with your laptop, iPhone, and whatever else you have that has WiFi.
If that doesn't work for you, then it seems that you'll have to either go with AT&T, use Rogers' data roaming, or try to find a prepaid data plan through a regional carrier.
A: T mobile has a prepaid plan that is 30. per month with unlimited data and texts and 100 minutes talk but you have to buy the sim at walmart. then you can cancel after the first month if you don't need it longer.HOWEVER I don't know if it works in iphones.
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Q: Speed comparison of iPhone 3g with iOS4 and iOS3? I have heard that running iOS4 would slow down my 3G. Does anyone know of any reliable data on whether that is the case or not, and if so, by how much?
Related Questions
Is it worth upgrading my jailbroken 3G to iOS4?
A: Yes, it does slow down. It's more and more noticeable as time goes by.
Apple has acknowledged this issue and they are looking into it.
Here are tips to make it run smoother again. (This is just a solution that has worked for many people. This is not Apple's official solution. They are working on a solution.)
1 - Disable spotlight search.
Settings -> General -> Home Button -> Spotlight Search. Uncheck things you don't search for. Uncheck all is best I guess?
2 - Perform DHR (double hard reset)
To perform a Hard Reset, press and hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons on your iPhone simultaneously for 5 to 10 seconds. After a few seconds the Slide to Power Off notice will appear, ignore this and keep holding down both buttons. In another few seconds the device should abruptly turn off, followed by the Apple logo and a reboot. Now release the buttons.
If your iPhone remains powered off, wait about 15 seconds then boot the phone by pressing the Sleep/Wake button.
Do this one more time.
I think this is related to iPhone running out of memory (RAM). But that's just my guess.
A: Here's an article (and video) showing off the issues with iOS4 on a 3G: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/28/apple-looking-into-reports-of-problems-with-ios-4-on-iphone-3g/
Seems like not only is it extremely sluggish, but battery life is shortened as well.
Apple has confirmed that there is an issue and are looking into it. I would hold off for now and wait to see what is announced from Apple, then go from there.
A: I just turned off the search features and the double reset and the phone is now a lot more responsive than it was previously.
Clarification:
Search settings are under
Settings -> General -> Home Button -> Spotlight Search
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Q: Comparison of cases available via Apple's case program I'm trying to decide which case to choose via Apple's case program.
Are there any side by side physical comparisons of the cases available? All I have been able to find is speculative information, gleaned from marketing material.
Feel free to provide your findings if you have one of the cases already.
A: There's an article like that here
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/backstage/comments/apple-iphone-4-case-program-here-are-the-best-worst-picks/
Their top pick is the Speck PixelSkin HD
A: I took the plunge and went with the Belkin Shield Micra, which arrived today.
It's a pretty basic and fairly cheap feeling, all-in-one, hard plastic casing. It's pretty thin and feels fairly brittle - a hard knock would probably break the plastic.
I wouldn't have paid full price for it.
However, it does protect the back and sides from scratches and the 'deathgrip' (I assume, as it wasn't occuring beforehand for me either). It also allows access to all the slots, buttons and lenses and 'slides' easily into your pocket.
It's also very understated (completely clear apart from small etched logo) - which is what I wanted.
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